Liszt and the Keyboard: The Wizard Casts his Spells, by Alan Walker. Th @ 9:30am.
On Thursday morning, we heard a wonderful session by Alan Walker, an author of many books and is a specialist on Romantic Era composers and music. Mr. Walker is a highly intelligent man and a gifted speaker — it was wonderful to hear him speak about Liszt. He spoke almost as if he knew Liszt personally!
Here is a brief list of fast facts I jotted down during the speech:
Liszt was very interested in hearing/communicating human expression — and not just music.
Liszt’s philosophy on practicing was to practice less and get a life! Without a social life, you cannot know what kind of human emotions to communicate through your music. Continue reading “NCKP 2011 | (7) Liszt & the Keyboard, by Alan Walker”