19h00 La Seine Musicale
Programme
JAËLL
Piano Pieces after a Reading of Dante: What One Hears in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise (excerpts)
LISZT
Un sospiro
Mephisto Waltz No. 3
SCHUBERT / LISZT
Swan Song (excerpts)
Distribution
À propos
A flamboyant pianistic epic. Célia Oneto Bensaid reveals the visionary genius of composer Marie Jaëll in a virtuosic face-off with the masterworks of Franz Liszt.
In resonance with the INFERNO project, this programme explores the lasting fascination that Dante’s Divine Comedy exerted on the Romantics in the 19th century. At the heart of the programme lies the rare cycle by composer and pianist Marie Jaëll: eighteen piano pieces divided between Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, of astonishing modernity for their time. Célia Oneto Bensaid, who has recorded the complete cycle, reveals all its visionary force.
Around these pages, Franz Liszt remains a constant presence, from the Mephisto Waltz No. 3 to Schubert lieder transcribed for piano. A Dantesque journey from Hell to Paradise—what better way to reach heaven?