Hozier's Unreal Unearth, and the legacy of Liszt

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier’s third studio album Unreal Unearth takes Dante’s Divine Comedy and its circles of hell as its inspiration. Drawing from blues, soul and Celtic traditional music, he’s known for taking his time releasing new music and this is no exception. He joins Andy to talk about singing in the Irish language, finding a limit to his capacity for solitude, and finding new heights to his exceptional voice.

Franz Liszt certainly kept himself busy, as we learn from pianists Michael Kieran Harvey and Paavali Jumppanen. A child prodigy paraded around by his father, he came to create the recital format as we know it today. After whipping up what has been termed Lisztomania, Liszt took a step back from the spotlight at the age of 38, and instead committed himself to conducting, composing, teaching and womanising. 

Michael Kieran Harvey contemplates what Liszt might be doing if he were alive today through a program that includes pieces by Liszt, Harvey's own compositions and music that has come in between. He will be performing these programs along Jumppanen, Timothy Young, and pianists from the Australian National Academy of Music. 

Franz Liszt certainly kept himself busy, as we learn from pianists Michael Kieran Harvey and Paavali Jumppanen. A child prodigy paraded around by his father, he came to create the recital format that resulted in concert halls packed to the rafters, and what has now been termed Lisztomania. After taking a step back from the spotlight at the age of 38, he took on a variety of different roles - conducting, composing, teaching and womanising. 

In a two-concert series, Michael Kieran Harvey contemplates what Liszt might be doing if he were alive today through a program that includes pieces by Liszt, Harvey's own compositions and music that has come in between. He will be performing these programs along Jumppanen, Timothy Young, and pianists from the Australian National Academy of Music.