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0:00 Introduction with Loki
0:12 Liszt’s Christmas Tree Suite
0:30 Not the sexy Liszt or the grand Liszt
0:58 An old man, struggling with alcoholism, depression and a nomadic life
1:52 Christmas 1881 in Rome
2:21 Liszt’s upright piano
3:00 Debussy’s visit and Liszt’s pedal
3:17 The soap opera
3:39 Cosima
3:43 Hans von Bulow
4:09 (similarity to Stockhausen)
4:36 Rehearsals of Tristan and Isolde
5:12 Wagner’s affair with Cosima
5:31 The kids and their stepfather
6:00 Wagner’s wide brimmed hat
6:14 Daniela’s career
6:24 Liszt or Daniela?
6:44 Reaction against virtuosity
6:55 The late style at its most charming
7:16 In Dulci Jubilo
7:45 The pastoral atmosphere and the siciliano rhythm
8:09 Greensleeves
8:29 Liszt invents Christmas harmony
9:50 A sign of genius
10:10 Gregorian chant and bells
10:47 The middle of the piece: E major - a shift of colour
12:28 Liszt’s arrangement for two pianists
12:57 A beautiful Lisztian coda reconciles the two keys
14:02 The final chord
14:30 Liszt’s ’Shepherds at the Manger’ (with animated commentary)
‘Weihnachtsbaum' (Christmas Tree) is a suite of 12 pieces for solo piano by Franz Liszt which he dedicated to his granddaughter Daniela. The first performance took place in Daniela’s hotel room in Rome, in December 1881. This video is about the third piece in the cycle, which represents the shepherds at the manger, and uses the melody of an ancient Christmas carol called 'In Dulce Jubilo’ with a rocking siciliano accompaniment, halfway between Gregorian chant and a lullaby. Its wonderfully simple and unpretentious style is so effective that it almost single-handedly defines how Christmas music is meant to sound!
Die Hirten an Der Krippe (from Weihnachtsbaum) by Liszt. Pianist Matthew King.
Stephanie McCallum’s recording of Liszt’s Weihnachtsbaum can be heard here: youtu.be/16WOBK0tlPg
You can see Marta Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play Liszt’s duet version of the first piece of the cycle here: youtu.be/CTXjCIFnkZU
#themusicprofessor #liszt #christmasmusic
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( iancoultermusic.com )
Produced and directed by Ian Coulter & Matthew King
0:00 Introduction with Loki
0:12 Liszt’s Christmas Tree Suite
0:30 Not the sexy Liszt or the grand Liszt
0:58 An old man, struggling with alcoholism, depression and a nomadic life
1:52 Christmas 1881 in Rome
2:21 Liszt’s upright piano
3:00 Debussy’s visit and Liszt’s pedal
3:17 The soap opera
3:39 Cosima
3:43 Hans von Bulow
4:09 (similarity to Stockhausen)
4:36 Rehearsals of Tristan and Isolde
5:12 Wagner’s affair with Cosima
5:31 The kids and their stepfather
6:00 Wagner’s wide brimmed hat
6:14 Daniela’s career
6:24 Liszt or Daniela?
6:44 Reaction against virtuosity
6:55 The late style at its most charming
7:16 In Dulci Jubilo
7:45 The pastoral atmosphere and the siciliano rhythm
8:09 Greensleeves
8:29 Liszt invents Christmas harmony
9:50 A sign of genius
10:10 Gregorian chant and bells
10:47 The middle of the piece: E major - a shift of colour
12:28 Liszt’s arrangement for two pianists
12:57 A beautiful Lisztian coda reconciles the two keys
14:02 The final chord
14:30 Liszt’s ’Shepherds at the Manger’ (with animated commentary)
‘Weihnachtsbaum' (Christmas Tree) is a suite of 12 pieces for solo piano by Franz Liszt which he dedicated to his granddaughter Daniela. The first performance took place in Daniela’s hotel room in Rome, in December 1881. This video is about the third piece in the cycle, which represents the shepherds at the manger, and uses the melody of an ancient Christmas carol called 'In Dulce Jubilo’ with a rocking siciliano accompaniment, halfway between Gregorian chant and a lullaby. Its wonderfully simple and unpretentious style is so effective that it almost single-handedly defines how Christmas music is meant to sound!
Die Hirten an Der Krippe (from Weihnachtsbaum) by Liszt. Pianist Matthew King.
Stephanie McCallum’s recording of Liszt’s Weihnachtsbaum can be heard here: youtu.be/16WOBK0tlPg
You can see Marta Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play Liszt’s duet version of the first piece of the cycle here: youtu.be/CTXjCIFnkZU
#themusicprofessor #liszt #christmasmusic
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Edited by Ian Coulter ( iancoultermusic.com )
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