Récital de piano - LISZT : Poésie & passions romantiques

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Piano Recital by Clément Chatelain LISZT: Romantic Poetry & Passions Friday, January 23, 2026, at 7:00 PM Mairie du 5ème, Salle AGORA Jacqueline de Romilly 21 place du Panthéon – 75005 PARIS Liszt Program: ♪ Ballade No. 2 in B minor, S.171 ♪ Années de pèlerinage II, S.161 (excerpt): Sonetto 104 del Petrarca ♪ Tristan und Isolde, Isoldes Liebestod, S.447 ♪ Casta Diva ♪ Réminiscences de Norma, S.394 About the Concert This concert is an immersion into the world of Franz Liszt, where music becomes narrative, poetry, and inner theater. Through myths, operas, and romantic confessions, Liszt transforms the piano into a stage for the full spectrum of human passion. The program opens with Ballade No. 2, inspired by the ancient myth of Hero and Leander. Two lovers separated by the sea: every night, Leander swims toward Hero, guided by the light she lights for him. One night, a storm extinguishes the flame; Leander drowns, and Hero joins him in death. Liszt transforms this tale into a vast sonic fresco, where romantic longing, the fury of nature, and tragic fate intertwine in a narrative of gripping power. At the heart of the recital resonates Petrarch’s Sonnet 104, "Pace non trovo" — I find no peace. Liszt sets to music one of love’s most beautiful paradoxes: burning and freezing at once, hoping and suffering, living in permanent tension between bliss and torment. The poem concludes with a poignant confession: "In this state am I, Lady, because of you." It is an admission of absolute love—fragile, sincere, and magnified by Liszt’s pianistic writing. Isolde’s Death, a transcription of Richard Wagner’s Liebestod, extends this quest for total love. Originating from the 12th-century medieval myth of Tristan and Isolde—a cornerstone of the Western Romantic imagination—this music celebrates the union of lovers beyond life itself. For Wagner, through Liszt’s lens, love finds its fulfillment only in final transfiguration, where death becomes ecstasy. The program then turns toward Italian opera with Bellini. In Casta Diva, a prayer suspended out of time, the priestess Norma implores for peace and mercy before her romantic passion plunges her into tragedy. This ideal purity—fragile and luminous—is one of the summits of bel canto. The concert concludes with the Réminiscences de Norma, where Liszt condenses the entire drama of the opera: forbidden love, jealousy, betrayal, and sacrifice. Through this vast pianistic mural, Norma’s destiny unfolds toward its tragic end with an escalating intensity that sets the keyboard ablaze.