Lisztomania

October 22, 23, 24, 2011
Salinas, Carmel

The Monterey Symphony, under the direction of Music Director and Conductor Max Bragado-Darman, will present Liszt’s Huldigungs-Marsch and featuring guest artist, Zhengyu Chen, piano, performing Liszt’s Malédiction and Piano Concerto No. 1.  Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) will also be presented, featuring guest artist, Stephen Tosh, organist.

Listzomania was the press’s description of the dual talents of Franz Liszt. At once a “rockstar” pianist of his day and an imaginative composer of tone poems, his works encompass the breadth of expression on the keyboard and in the orchestra. This program presents both faces, the storyteller and the keyboard virtuoso. Zhengyu Chen, 1st Prize winner of the “Jose Iturbi” International Piano Competition (Spain) lends fury to Liszt’s Malédiction.

Max Bragado-Darman

Conductor

Zhengyu Chen

Piano

Stephen Tosh

Organ

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Liszt

Huldigungs-Marsch

Liszt

Malédiction Zhengyu Chen, piano

Liszt

Piano Concerto No. 1 Zhengyu Chen, piano

Saint-Saëns

Symphony No. 3 (Organ Symphony) Stephen Tosh, organ

"Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence." -Robert Fripp