Iveta Apkalna, Organ
Pierné / Dupont / Boëllmann
Liszt und die Franzosen
Franz Liszt was one of the greatest artists of his time. A marvellous virtuoso, a master of self-expression and, later in life, a monk-like recluse. That being the case, his music is both a playground for the piano virtuoso and a canon of equal significance on a metaphysical level too. And this is especially true of his organ music. Liszt’s programme music takes on a whole new dimension on this king of instruments – be it his portrayal of the titan Prometheus, the incredibly vivid vision of Francis of Paola walking on water, or the colossal »Funérailles«.
In this solo performance, Iveta Apkalna, the organist-in-residence at the Elbphilharmonie, places the Hungarian-Austrian composer in context alongside French organ music. Works can be heard by the Romantics and by Liszt contemporaries Gabriel Dupont, Gabriel Pierné, Léon Boëllmann and César Franck, whose magnificent »Pièce héroïque« with its steadily intensifying dynamics closes the first half.
Performers
Iveta Apkalna organ
Programme
Gabriel Pierné
Trois Pièces, Op. 29
Gabriel Dupont
Méditation
Léon Boëllmann
Suite gothique, Op. 25
César Franck
Pièce héroïque in B minor, FWV 37
– Interval –
Franz Liszt
Prometheus S 99 / adaptation for organ by Jean Guillou
Funérailles / from: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S 173
Légende No. 2, S 175 »St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots« / Bearbeitung für Orgel von Max Reger
Encore:
Aivars Kalējs
Toccata über den Choral »Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr«
Series
The Elbphilharmonie Organ