Liszt's Mephisto Waltz (based on the character from Goethe's tragic play) paints a picture of dancing and merriment in a village tavern, an event that turns out to be more chilling than joyous. Faust, who enters the drinking den with the devil Mephisto, catches a glimpse of a girl's attractive figure and instantly falls in love with her. Mephisto plays an enchanting waltz on his violin, casting a demonic spell on the innocent girl. The most interesting part of the concert will perhaps be the fi...rst ever performance of young Hungarian composer András Szalay's Piano Concerto. He said of the piece: “The piano and orchestra in my piano concerto are generally complementary, but they do occasionally play supporting roles for one another. The composition is typified by three parts composed as one. The moderato, apparently rhapsodic first part is interwoven with fine vibrations, while the middle section is slow to the point of being a still life. This contrasts with the final quasi con fuoco movement, a combination of Beethoven's scherzo and the fresh instrumentation of Hungarian folk music. The piece is dedicated to pianist Gábor Monostori, conductor Kálmán Záborszky and the Zugló Philharmonia.” The source material for Ravel's Ma Mère l'Oye is a 17th century collection of fairy tales. The French composer brought the characters from the familiar children's stories together through a series of dances written for the two children of a close friend. The five movements of the piece are perfectly illustrative of Ravel's enchanted world of children, gods, fairies, kind animals, phantoms soulless giants and watches that never stop. Francis Poulenc wrote Stabat Matere in 1950. Having originally planned a to write a requiem for his lost friend Christian Bérard, Poulenc instead composed music for the Stabat Mater by Jacopone da Todi following a visit to the Rocamadour monastery, a famous pilgrimage site known for its black Madonna. Presented by: The Zugló Philharmonia
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