Eric Solaski
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Funerailles's Beginning is Reminscent of Chopin Herioc Polonaise
Hello Sir Corno:
I went to the link you had provided and was of course brought into another realm of Heaven and Hell. The strata of sound from bedrock to summit was quite a thrill. I also, was piqued by this quote I found at the same site.
"Another composer whom Liszt greatly admired was Chopin (although they fell out following Liszts use of Chopins Paris apartment to carry on an affair with the pianist Camille Pleyel) and it was on hearing the news of Chopins death (on 17th October 1849) that he composed Funérailles. The previous year many of Liszts friends had been caught up in the bloody Hungarian Revolution and clearly much of the intensity and passion of Funérailles is in memory of their heroic sacrifice. But following the dramatic opening comes a passage strongly reminiscent of Chopins Polonaise in A flat and clearly pointing to the profound effect his fellow pianist and composers death had on Liszt. Originally written for piano solo and published as the seventh of the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses this organ version was made by Nicolas Kynaston."
I would love to hear a recording on organ of the Funerailles! Do you know of a link that would play it in its entirety? If I think I am right at how it will sound, I will purchase it. It will undoubtedly help me with my conception of performance of it on the piano
Thank you my Kind Sir,
Eric Solaski
Hello Sir Eric,
Good points that you share with the forum. Let us remember that the Rondo in G by John Bull was probably written for performance on a Virginal - something quite different than the Forte-Piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori, later to become the piano we all know. The same could be said for adapting piano works to organ, of which I often do.
The efficacy of a piano work adapted for the organ will, of course, depend on how informed and skilled the organist is. Some organist would never do such a thing. The famous *Funerailles* by Franz Liszt becomes a whole other animal on the organ. I heard a performance of it by Nicholas Kynaston and have a recording of it on the fabulous Klais organ in the Münster of Ingolstadt, Bavaria...
Corno Dolce
Hello Sir Corno:
I went to the link you had provided and was of course brought into another realm of Heaven and Hell. The strata of sound from bedrock to summit was quite a thrill. I also, was piqued by this quote I found at the same site.
"Another composer whom Liszt greatly admired was Chopin (although they fell out following Liszts use of Chopins Paris apartment to carry on an affair with the pianist Camille Pleyel) and it was on hearing the news of Chopins death (on 17th October 1849) that he composed Funérailles. The previous year many of Liszts friends had been caught up in the bloody Hungarian Revolution and clearly much of the intensity and passion of Funérailles is in memory of their heroic sacrifice. But following the dramatic opening comes a passage strongly reminiscent of Chopins Polonaise in A flat and clearly pointing to the profound effect his fellow pianist and composers death had on Liszt. Originally written for piano solo and published as the seventh of the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses this organ version was made by Nicolas Kynaston."
I would love to hear a recording on organ of the Funerailles! Do you know of a link that would play it in its entirety? If I think I am right at how it will sound, I will purchase it. It will undoubtedly help me with my conception of performance of it on the piano
Thank you my Kind Sir,
Eric Solaski