🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Grand Concertstück on Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words S.257

This transcription for two pianos takes familiar melodies from Mendelssohn’s Songs Without Words and transforms them into a large-scale concert work through Liszt’s characteristic brilliant piano writing. Lyrical passages shaped by a singing quality are contrasted with dazzling passages that make wide use of the keyboard’s range, creating a flow from melodic presentation through development to climactic buildup. The exchanges and overlapping sonorities between the two pianos should be clearly defined, while the accompanying part must avoid clouding the texture. In the technically demanding sections, accuracy should be combined with a clear sense of phrase direction and poised momentum, allowing the brilliance of the closing portion to emerge fully.