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The life and groundbreaking art of Franz Liszt, and his unique approach to literature and myth in his symphonic poems
Lecture by: Prof. Michael Wolpe
Concert performed by Ariel Halevi piano
In the program: Liszt – Valse Mephisto; Après une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
This documentary, featuring many leading Liszt experts (including Charles Rosen, Leslie Howard, Antonio Pappano and Evgeny Kissin), concentrates on the composer's early years, when he was travelling across Europe almost nonstop, fuelling the phenomenon described by Heine as 'Lisztomania'. It was also the time of his elopement with Marie, Comtesse d'Agoult, in a move that scandalized polite society as much for its unorthodox nature as for its moral dubiety. These were the years of artistic journeying to which Liszt would one day return in the evocative musical colors of his Années de pelerinage. It was precisely during his stay in Italy that Liszt conceived a great part of his most important compositions.
The composer's life is narrated through the reading of original letters and diaries written by Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, accompanied by reconstructed scenes of the period that re-evoke their stays on Lake Como, in Milan, Pisa, San Rossore and Rome, aimed at helping the viewer appreciate the inspirational sources that fired Liszt's creative instinct and see Italy through the composer's eyes.
