Piano music influenced by poetry or literature

[fnork]

As you might have seen in another post, I'm planning to do a concert with music inspired or with influences from poetry and literature, including pieces like Gaspard de la nuit and Kreisleriana and having a friend read the poetry of Gaspard, and the ETA Hoffman stories about Kapellmeister Kreisler in relation to Kreisleriana. (I also had the idea to have a program with "night music" but I scrapped that idea)

I'm now trying to gather more music that would fit this program...Any suggestions are welcome. It's a one-hour-something recital, so, with both Kreisleriana and Gaspard, I need some shorter pieces as a contrast. I was thinking about something like Szymanowskis Masqes or Metopes at first, but it's just too long to do that - possibly I could do just one or two pieces from those cycles..

[quantum]

Chopin 3rd Ballade.

Could do some Messiaen from the Vingt Regards. 

[kevinr]

Liszt Petrarch Sonnets?

[kevinr]

Brahms Ballade Op 10 No 1 ("after a Scotch ballade Edward!")

And you could astonish your audience with the Scottish dialect:

Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
Edward, Edward,
Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid,
And why sae sad gang yee O?"
"O I hae killed my hauke sae guid,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my hauke sae guid,
And I had nae mari bot hee O."

"Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid,
Edward, Edward,
Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid,
My deir son I tell thee O."
"O I hae killed my reid-roan stied,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my reid-roan steid,
That erst was sae fair and frie O."

"Your steid was auld, and ye hae gat mair,
Sum other dule ye drie O."
O I hae killed my fadir deir,
Mither, mither,
O I hae killed my fadir deir,
Alas, and wae is mee O!"

"And whatten penance wul ye drie for that,
Edward, Edward,
And whatten penance will ye drie for that?
My deir son, now tell me O."
"Ile set my feit in yonder boat,
Mither, mither,
Ile set my feit in yonder boat,
And Ile fare ovir the sea O."

"And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha,
Edward, Edward?
And what wul ye doe wi your towirs and your ha,
That were sae fair to see O?
"Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa,
Mither, mither,
Ile let thame stand tul they doun fa,
For here nevir mair maun I bee O."
"And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife,
Edward, Edward?
And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife,
Whan ye gang ovir the sea O?"
"The warldis room, late them beg thrae life,
Mither, mither,
The warldis room, late them beg thrae life,
For thame nevir mair wul I see O."

"And what wul ye leive to your ain mither dear,
Edward, Edward?
And what wul ye lieve to your ain mither deir?
My deir son, now tell me O."
"The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir,
Mither, mither
The curse of hell frae me sall ye beir,
Sic counseils ye gave to me O."

[edwardweiss]

 If you can play Gaspard and Kreislerana then you might consider one, two, or all of Edward MacDowell's 'Six Idylls After Goethe' Op.28.