Transcendental Étude No. 11 (Liszt)

11 in D♭ major, "Harmonies du soir" is the eleventh of twelve Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt.

After a group of arpeggios, the main theme is introduced in the left hand, a beautiful descent followed by a chromatic ascent with harmonies changing with each note.

The piece continues in this manner for a while until the second theme, a chordal section marked Poco più mosso is introduced.

The music then seems to fade out, followed by an entire new section of the piece, marked Più lento con intimo sentimento.

The most technically difficult part of the entire piece consists of multiple pages of chordal jumps and repetition, requiring a large amount of stamina.