Ignatz Moscheles in Leipzig - 1849
from Recent Music and Musicians, page 354:
Ernst gave a Matinée which, I grieve to say, was poorly attended. He looks wretchedly ill, but played with great energy and passionate feeling. We had a novelty in F. Hiller's Symphony in E major, with the motto: 'Es muss doch Frähling werden,' a work in grand style, with excellent points in it. I recognize in all Hiller's music a composer aiming at what is true and beautiful. Liszt played part of a concerto by Henselt, and his Don Juan Fantasia, with all his gigantic power. The tossing about of his hands, which he seems to think a mark of inspiration, I still regard as an … more >>
Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 354. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432024843245 accessed: 1 September, 2024
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Don Juan Fantasia
written by Franz Liszt |
performed by Franz Liszt |
F. Hiller's Symphony in E major
written by Hiller |
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concerto by Henselt
written by Henselt |
performed by Franz Liszt |
performance of 'unknown music' | performed by Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1849 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |