Pianist Xavier Pardo performed back in Santa Cecilia of Montserrat with a program entitled Liebestod (“death of love” or “death of desire”, in German) that included pieces by Bach, Wagner, Liszt, Ravel and Smetana. The program is born from a personal investigation to provide content to abstract elements such as dreams, passion or feelings, which the musician conveys through these scores. In all of them there was a melancholy of memories and dreams and hopes not fulfilled. Another exquisite musical evening that filled Santa Cecilia chapel.
Program:
I
Musikalisches Opfer, Ricercare für cembalo
Johann Sebastian Bach
Isolde’s Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt (Isolde's song of love and death)
Na brehu morském - Vzpomínka
Bedrich Smetana (At the coast - Reminiscence)
Gaspard de la nuit (Ondine)
Maurice Ravel
II
Sonata in B minor
Franz Liszt
Lento assai - Allegro energico
Andante sostenuto - Quasi Adagio
Allegro energico