🇭🇺Franz Liszt ： Grande Fantaisie sur Les Huguenots S.412

Liszt’s large-scale fantasia for solo piano reworks melodies from Meyerbeer’s opera Les Huguenots. The beauty of its operatic themes is combined with brilliant, demanding virtuosity, while contrasting subjects unfold through a freely shaped progression. Highlights include the transitions from vocal-style lyricism to powerful, radiant passagework, as well as the grand build-up that brings the work to its conclusion. In performance, it is essential to keep the main melody clear and carefully balance it against the accompaniment and ornamental figures. The contrasting sections should be shaped with broad changes of expression, while even the virtuosic passages need tension and a strong sense of musical direction.