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Liszt-Berlioz Marathon
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classical music, opera, theatre

János Palojtay and Ádám Balogh

  • 6 February 2021, Saturday
  • 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm
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  • Liszt: Concerto pathétique
  • Liszt: Les Préludes

We would like, even during this extraordinary situation, for the Müpa Budapest audience to still be able to encounter the world's most outstanding and thrilling artists each evening - this time in their own homes. It is precisely for this reason that we will open Müpa Budapest's virtual concert hall and auditoriums - each night at the familiar times - by providing access to a single unforgettable performance from past years.

The performance will be broadcasted on our website and YouTube channel.


In the 19th century, chamber music written for four hands or for two pianos was a widespread element of playing music at home. There are two reasons for this: first, because it was common at that time to find two keyboard instruments in bourgeois households, and second, because transcriptions created for... these formats allowed the musically educated layers of society - that is, the bourgeoisie and up - to use their own instrumental skills to gain a familiarity with orchestral works amidst the surroundings of their own homes. Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Festival Orchestra's Liszt-Berlioz Marathon will provide us with a taste of Franz Liszt's output for two pianos.
Let us hasten to add that Liszt was not a composer who wrote music for art lovers to 'play at home'. In terms of both their musical content and the technical skills they demanded, his works were always created for professional performers, and were played at salons or concerts. Although he did write works for four hands and two pianos, in his case, his purpose for expanding this repertoire was quite different. When writing music for four hands or for two pianos, or when he transcribed one of his own works for these configurations, he was exploring how far he could take the 'magic', meaning how much of the symphonic sound and how many of the orchestral colours he could elicit from the keyboard instrument. And naturally, when two extra hands are playing either on the same or on a second keyboard, the possibilities proliferate.
This concert will feature two works that Liszt wrote for two pianos. Condensing four movements worth of music into a single one, the 1856 piece Concerto pathétique was a transcription for two pianos of Grosses Konzertsolo, a piece originally conceived for solo piano and now being played in a revised format from 1877, while Liszt originally composed Les Préludes for orchestra, with the two-piano version being published in 1856.
János Palojtay and Ádám Balogh, the two artists performing this concert, are acclaimed representatives of the younger generation of Hungarian pianists.

Recording date: 1 February 2021


Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Müpa Budapest

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