Its so weird seeing the place completely empty, it should be full! The performances were wonderful, and not only that, Leslie Howard did an outstanding job going into depth with Liszt's repertoire
What an inspiring video! Anyone still clinging to the tired old stereotypes surrounding Liszt and his music would benefit from hearing Leslie Howard's extraordinarily thoughtful and knowledgeable remarks about the composer and his legacy. Great, unhackneyed selection of pieces, too, splendidly played. Thank you and God bless you, Mr. Howard, for all your services to music, and to that of Liszt in particular.
Get Leslie Howard's 99 CD set of Liszt's Complete Piano Music and you won't regret it! This is an impressive achievement that may never be attempted by any other artist. An Internet search for it will bring you many hours of music!
Another very interesting discussion of Franz Liszt is Leslie in the video called 'il Grande Virtuoso' which is mostly in Italian but is peppered with English dialog throughout the long video, accompanied with other musicians/conductors. Leslie Howard is brilliant while he speaks instructively in French. Thank you Leslie...carry on...
I was amazed by the story that Edvard Grieg brought his Piano Concerto in A minor to Liszt who sat down and played through the entire piece by sight. Liszt was truly one in a billion. There are many fantastic pianists today, but where are the composers I wonder.
@@Boshy666 That's true, and each composer today has to find their own audience of listeners. I will admit that I like the works that I listened to growing up. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov etc. I am not an avid listener of much of modern music with its dissonances. (Sorry, but the works of Charles Ives and most of Bartok et al are not for me.) One thing that I like about TH-cam is discovering obscure composers I did not know of when growing up. There is a vast undiscovered country of music out there and the price of admission is curiosity. Good luck with your musical aspirations!
But of course he has played through this piece before many times in order to record it for instance. I Too play a lot of music from the sheet instead of by heart. It's something that becomes easier the more you do it.
Leslie Howard is the finest lecturer/pianist OF ALL TIME. Great page turner, by the way.
Its so weird seeing the place completely empty, it should be full! The performances were wonderful, and not only that, Leslie Howard did an outstanding job going into depth with Liszt's repertoire
What an inspiring video! Anyone still clinging to the tired old stereotypes surrounding Liszt and his music would benefit from hearing Leslie Howard's extraordinarily thoughtful and knowledgeable remarks about the composer and his legacy. Great, unhackneyed selection of pieces, too, splendidly played. Thank you and God bless you, Mr. Howard, for all your services to music, and to that of Liszt in particular.
Exactly my thoughts about Mr. Howard, Liszt, and this video.
Get Leslie Howard's 99 CD set of Liszt's Complete Piano Music and you won't regret it! This is an impressive achievement that may never be attempted by any other artist. An Internet search for it will bring you many hours of music!
Saving up rn for it actually
Another very interesting discussion of Franz Liszt is Leslie in the video called 'il Grande Virtuoso' which is mostly in Italian but is peppered with English dialog throughout the long video, accompanied with other musicians/conductors. Leslie Howard is brilliant while he speaks instructively in French. Thank you Leslie...carry on...
The hands of Liszt in our generation.
i could listen to howard all day i h have the complete works of liszt he has dynamite in his fingers i think
this wonderfull and brillant lecture/recital deserves a better piano than a small yamaha C3...
It's just amazing that he can sight reading such a complex work (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.154) live!!
I was amazed by the story that Edvard Grieg brought his Piano Concerto in A minor to Liszt who sat down and played through the entire piece by sight. Liszt was truly one in a billion. There are many fantastic pianists today, but where are the composers I wonder.
@@clarkelliott5389 Yeah I heard that story too! 😄
@@clarkelliott5389 as an aspiring composer, it is so hard to be recognised nowadays
@@Boshy666 That's true, and each composer today has to find their own audience of listeners. I will admit that I like the works that I listened to growing up. Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninov etc. I am not an avid listener of much of modern music with its dissonances. (Sorry, but the works of Charles Ives and most of Bartok et al are not for me.)
One thing that I like about TH-cam is discovering obscure composers I did not know of when growing up. There is a vast undiscovered country of music out there and the price of admission is curiosity. Good luck with your musical aspirations!
But of course he has played through this piece before many times in order to record it for instance. I Too play a lot of music from the sheet instead of by heart. It's something that becomes easier the more you do it.
I head Leslie live in 1997 in Sydney Australia Listz at the Opera
Learn from the nice video!Love it,leslie!
A remarkable piece for Liszt to have written at only 22...
I have never been as distracted by a bored page turner as when watching Howard giving such intelligent background information, here.
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Howard ha contribuito alla diffusione e alla comprensione di Listz, negletto ai suoi tempi e apprezzato nel XXI secolo
リストと恋愛関係にあった椿姫マリー・デュプレシのモンマントルの墓石にはリストが生涯テーマにしていた深き淵より（De Profundis）の詩が刻まれています。
bella versione per piano solo del concerto pathetique
What is the first piece?
Pensieri di morte qUale edizione?
Lo ho ascoltato dal vivo nel 1997; era camuffato da Elvis Presley