Mozart Liszt Transcriptions

Franz Liszt's Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine, S. 461, is an 1862 piano-transcription of Mozart's motet Ave verum corpus. In 1887, Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed an orchestration of Evocation à la Chapelle Sixtine for the third movement of his fourth orchestral suite, Mozartiana, Opus 61.

Ave verum corpus (Hail, true body), K. 618, is a 1791 motet in D major composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is a setting of the 14th century Eucharistic hymn Ave verum corpus. Only forty-six bars long, it is scored for choir, string instruments, and organ. Mozart composed the motet less than six months before his death, while writing his opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620. In some ways the motet foreshadows aspects of the monumental Mozart Requiem, K. 626. 

"Mozart's Requiem" in D minor, K. 626, is one of his most profound works, and "Lacrimosa" is one of its most emotionally stirring movements. The Lacrimosa is a part of the Dies Irae sequence and is renowned for its somber and contemplative mood, reflecting on themes of sorrow and mourning. The music's rich harmonies and dramatic dynamics make it a powerful and moving piece.

Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. During the 19th century he was famous throughout Europe for his great skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time. Liszt composed an extensive and diverse body of works, which influenced subsequent composers such as Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, and Alexander Borodin.

The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) is one of humanity's greatest treasures. Unsurpassed in its abundance of fascinating brilliant ideas and its immense breadth of emotion, it provides boundless joy to listeners and performers.