My friend, Danny Hitchcock, wrote the intro notes in the score of this work! I first met him at Friends University after I heard him playing this in a practice room. Paganini also wrote a fantasia on this prayer theme. My dad was a violinist and I recognized the tune. Later Danny was my accompanist for my senior voice recital. I absolutely adore this piece! Thank you so much for posting it!
I didn't realize that the piece was broken into two separate videos!!! watch?v=_3maaBk9vOw&list=PLC7E1F8DD5FDB9A29 part 2 >The famous "third hand effect" begins at 4:04.< It was this part that I first heard and it blew me away!
Well,we're talking about the 1830's, where Liszt according to Valentina Lisitsa, thought of the piano as a percussive instrument&made almost no attempt at Legato&believed one should just go all-in&all over the place at the piano. But Thalberg's works were hailed as masterful compositions at those times primarily because of the famous 3 hand-effect&thumb melodies he put into almost every single one of his fantasies that mesmerized his audience at concerts - even though he did not invent it!
Actually,both pianists received a standing ovation&according to the Gazette et Muscale,"both victorious&no vanquished".However,the princess's words can have many interpretations,much like yours.It could be that Liszt was considered the technically better pianist of the two&Thalberg was the better in composition in the duel,as Mendelssohn wrote in a letter prior to the duel,that Liszt's works was calculated solely for virtuosi that time&his piano skills outmatched his composition skills by far.
I know where both of you are coming from because to me this piece is a fairly poorly composed one. I mean what's up with that jarring intro that goes nowhere and doesn't have any purpose other than what seems like easy tension building? But with that being said the themes are very beautiful to me and I especially love the 2nd half of the piece.
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My friend, Danny Hitchcock, wrote the intro notes in the score of this work! I first met him at Friends University after I heard him playing this in a practice room. Paganini also wrote a fantasia on this prayer theme. My dad was a violinist and I recognized the tune. Later Danny was my accompanist for my senior voice recital. I absolutely adore this piece! Thank you so much for posting it!
Bravo bravo bravo bravo brilliance super grandiose genial fantastic music
The themes used are:
@ 0:00 Intro (?)
@ 2:26 ??
@ 4:42 ??
@ 7:18 la dolce aurora
What a magnificent piece. Thank you.
Liszt got a damn serious rival i see...
Thank you for uploading this.
@LostOrpheus The pianist is Francesco Nicolosi .
- Naxos CD
thanks for uploading this
I didn't realize that the piece was broken into two separate videos!!! watch?v=_3maaBk9vOw&list=PLC7E1F8DD5FDB9A29 part 2 >The famous "third hand effect" begins at 4:04.< It was this part that I first heard and it blew me away!
Well,we're talking about the 1830's, where Liszt according to Valentina Lisitsa, thought of the piano as a percussive instrument&made almost no attempt at Legato&believed one should just go all-in&all over the place at the piano.
But Thalberg's works were hailed as masterful compositions at those times primarily because of the famous 3 hand-effect&thumb melodies he put into almost every single one of his fantasies that mesmerized his audience at concerts - even though he did not invent it!
I'm 8 years late but who did invent it?
who cares about thematic development when its simply beautiful???
Actually,both pianists received a standing ovation&according to the Gazette et Muscale,"both victorious&no vanquished".However,the princess's words can have many interpretations,much like yours.It could be that Liszt was considered the technically better pianist of the two&Thalberg was the better in composition in the duel,as Mendelssohn wrote in a letter prior to the duel,that Liszt's works was calculated solely for virtuosi that time&his piano skills outmatched his composition skills by far.
@Macadipenunes Francesco Nicolosi too
bravissimo
Who is playing that?
Hello context!
Screenshot thanks now playing it
I know where both of you are coming from because to me this piece is a fairly poorly composed one. I mean what's up with that jarring intro that goes nowhere and doesn't have any purpose other than what seems like easy tension building? But with that being said the themes are very beautiful to me and I especially love the 2nd half of the piece.
To whom? Himself? ;D
It's pleasant, but it gets boring after a while.
+Andrew Murphy the calm before the strom.
BAD....ASS
IN....DEED!