April 23, 8:00 pm
First Pres Santa Monica

Franz Liszt
  Les Preludes (1848);
  Four Goethe Songs Mignons Lied, Der König in Thule, Wanders Nachtlied I &
  II  (1842-60)
  The Battle of the Huns (1857);
  Via Crucis (1879) Bicentenary

Mark Alan Hilt, organ & conductor
Steven Vanhauwaert & Danny Holt, pianists
Paula Rasmussen, mezzo-soprano
Armen Guzelimian, piano
Jacaranda Chamber Singers

Texts: Jacopone da Todi, Venantius Fortunatus, Paul Gerhardt & Johann Rist, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: "Know- est thou the land where the lemon trees bloom, where in dark groves golden oranges gleam..."

Liszt is like an iceberg with only the most glittering music getting attention while a large and profound body of work remains largely submerged. Famous and largely unknown tone poems in his two-piano transcriptions are separated by songs that inspired Wagner to steal. Finally, a rare pinnacle of religious drama will be performed on this night between Good Friday and Easter.