🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Grand Concert Fantasy on Spanish Songs S.253 R.89

Liszt’s Grand Concert Fantasy on Spanish Songs is a large-scale work that uses Spanish songs as its material, unfolding brilliant virtuosity and dramatic expression. Melodies of contrasting character appear and undergo variation, creating a contrast between lyrical passages and more animated sections. One of its attractions lies in clearly presenting the exchange of thematic material and the transitions between sections while preserving the free-flowing character of a fantasy. In performance, ornaments and rapid passagework should be shaped lightly and cleanly, while the resonance across the wide range of the piano should remain well organized. Quiet melodies call for a singing quality, while climactic passages benefit not from volume alone but from rhythmic drive and the weight of the chords, bringing out the work’s brilliance and variety of expression.