A Feast of Romantic Character Pieces
This course is a deep dive into roughly 110 minutes of spectacular solo piano music: twenty-four short works composed over the course of a century by some of the giants of musical Romanticism and Post-romanticism. Each 30-minute presentation begins with a brief analysis of a piece, followed by a performance of it in its entirety. Twenty-five filmed lecture-performances. Sign up for the newsletter to be notified when this course becomes available.
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This course is a deep dive into roughly 110 minutes of spectacular solo piano music: twenty-four short works composed over the course of a century by some of the giants of musical Romanticism and Post-romanticism. Each 30-minute presentation begins with a brief analysis of a piece, followed by a performance of it in its entirety. Twenty-five filmed lecture-performances. Sign up for the newsletter to be notified when this course becomes available.
Course
TBA — Coming Soon
Unlimited access for six months from date of purchase.
This course is a deep dive into roughly 110 minutes of spectacular solo piano music: twenty-four short works composed over the course of a century by some of the giants of musical Romanticism and Post-romanticism. Each 30-minute presentation begins with a brief analysis of a piece, followed by a performance of it in its entirety. Twenty-five filmed lecture-performances. Sign up for the newsletter to be notified when this course becomes available.
Course
TBA — Coming Soon
Unlimited access for six months from date of purchase.
Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano (1840)
Josef Danhauser
Lectures in this Course:
Introduction
Chopin—Prelude, Op. 28, No. 1
Rachmaninoff—Prelude, Op. 32, No. 8
Grainger—“Molly on the Shore”
Rachmaninoff—“Presto” (IV) from Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
Chopin—Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 2
Rachmaninoff—Prelude, Op. 32, No. 10
Rachmaninoff—Prelude, Op. 32, No. 9
Brahms—“Capriccio,” Op. 76, No. 1
Brahms—“Intermezzo,” Op. 116, No. 2
Scriabin—Étude, Op. 42, No. 5
Bad—“Nereid”
Liszt—“La campanella” (No. 3) from Grandes études de Paganini
Schubert—Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 3
Brahms—“Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 6
Liszt—“Un sospiro” (No. 3) from Trois études de concert
Scriabin—Étude, Op. 8, No. 11
Grainger—“Ramble on Love”
Liszt—Transcendental Étude No. 10
Chopin—Waltz, Op. 18
Chopin—Nocturne, Op. 48, No. 1
Brahms—“Intermezzo,” Op. 76, No. 4
Rachmaninoff—Prelude, Op. 23, No. 5
Brahms—“Romanze,” Op. 118, No. 5
Chopin—Prelude, Op. 28, No. 24