Hungarian Fantasy (Liszt) Hungarian Fantasy (Liszt) The Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies (German: "Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien", Hungarian: "Fantázia magyar népi dallamokkal"), commonly known in short form simply as the Hungarian Fantasy, is Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14, originally for solo piano. The Fantasia was written in 1852 and premiered in Pest on June 1, 1853, with Hans von Bülow as soloist and Ferenc Erkel conducting the orchestra. During Liszt's lifetime, his Hungarian Rhapsodies were among his most popular works. Because of this popularity, he may have been under pressure to produce versions of them
Norfolk Rhapsodies gave the restored score a public performance at a Musicians' Benevolent Fund Royal Concert at the Barbican Centre in 2004. This rhapsody was discarded entirely by 1920, and is now lost. David Matthews was commissioned by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society to compose a new work based on W.A. Morgan's 1907 programme note for the lost third rhapsody. "Norfolk March" was premiered at the English Music Festival in 2016. The March has since been recorded by Dutton Epoch CDLX7351, performed by the Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Yates. Norfolk Rhapsodies The Norfolk Rhapsodies are three orchestral rhapsodies by