Liszt 'Vallee d'Oberman' // Henrik Kilhamn

Franz Liszt: Vallée d'Oberman from Années de pèlerinage - Première année: Suisse (1855)
Henrik Kilhamn, piano.

Liszt added these quotes as inscriptions on the score as references for the music's conceptual world.

"What do I wish? What am I? What shall I ask of nature? I feel; I exist only to waste myself in unconquerable longings…Inexpressible sensibility, the charm and the torment of our futile years; vast consciousness of a nature that is everywhere incomprehensible and overwhelming; universal passion, indifference, the higher wisdom, abandonment to pleasure— I have felt and experienced them all."
- from "Obermann" (1804) by Étienne de Senancour

"Could I embody and unbosom now
That which is most within me,—could I wreak
My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw
Soul—heart—mind—passions—feelings–strong or weak—
All that I would have sought, and all I seek,
Bear, know, feel—and yet breathe—into one word,
And that one word were Lightning, I would speak;
But as it is, I live and die unheard,
With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword."
- Lord Byron: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage

Audio recording, edit, mix and mastering & Video recording and edit by Henrik Kilhamn.
Yamaha C3 grand.
Recorded in Göteborg, Sweden 2024.
Thumbnail image: photography from Ambialet, France, by Henrik Kilhamn.

[sakuntalabasu]

The music is new to me as you are too. I'm stunned by the beauty of the music and your sensitive interpretation. Going to look up some more of your performances. All the best from Sakuntala, listening in India

[ngyuenmay]

I have enjoyed your recital. Thank you for the wonderful music.

[Henri.d.Olivoir]

I was just watching Sonata Secrets as you posted this :)

[jonathansprout]

Phenomenal performance of an exceptionally challenging piece of music! Thank you!