Music from the Frederick Collection

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39th Fall Season of the Historical Piano Concerts

Ashburnham Community Church,

New Dawn Arts Center, Ashburnham, MA

Sunday at 3:00 pm, 6 October 2024

Chenxing Huang

piano by Erard & Cie., Paris (1860)

Franz Liszt

A Romantic Resonance

Deux légendes, S.175 (1862-63)        

        1. St. François d’Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux        

        St. Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds   Allegretto

Franz Liszt

(1811-1886)

Ballade No. 2 in b, S.171 (1853)        

        Allegro moderato – Allegretto – Tempo primo – Lento assai –

        Allegretto – Allegro moderato – Andantino

Liszt

10 Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S.173 (1847)        

        3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude

        Moderato – Andante – Più sostenuto, quasi preludio –

        Moderato – Più lento – Andante semplice espressivo

Liszt

Variations on a theme by Bach, S.180 (1862),        

on a basso continuo motif from the first movement of Bach's

cantata Weinen, Klagen – Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12

        Andante – Quasi allegro – Allegro – Lento recitativo –

        Quasi allegro moderato – Choral: Lento – Quasi allegro

Liszt