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Transformation
Pianist Stephen Hough shows us how the main motives in Liszt's Sonata are transformed throughout the piece.
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Conductor
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about how Liszt was one of the first to conduct the music of other composers, such as Schumann, Berlioz and Wagner and how Liszt developed the idea of shaping a performance, not just beating time.
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Soap
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about the soap opera world of the powerful people on the musical stage in the 19th century and all the drama going on around Liszt's Sonata.
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Fact and fiction collide in the Three Kingdoms
Something a little different... Total War: Three Kingdoms is the fastest selling real time strategy of all time, and based on the Wei, Shu, and Wu division of China in the 200s AD. This is an interview that talks about fact and fiction...
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Achievements
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about why he considers Liszt to be the greatest musician of the 19th Century, how he created the modern style of playing and how he was influenced by Czerny and Mendelssohn.
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Depressing or Romantic: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
A reading, summary, and analysis of Emily Dickinson's, "Because I could not stop for Death." This video explores how Dickinson takes a creepy concept, dying, and turns it into a date set to an upbeat tune.
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Motives
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about Liszt's motives in his Sonata and how they can be perceived as different characters.
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Threemotives
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the main motives and thematic ideas in Liszt's Sonata.
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Untitled
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about why Liszt left his Sonata untitled and how this leaves it open for interpretation.Taken from the app ���Liszt Sonata' by Touchpress.
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Verdict
Pianist Stephen Hough discusses the initial reactions of Wagner and Clara Schumann after first hearing Liszt's Sonata.
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Further
Pianist Stephen Hough talks further about how the main motives in Liszt's Sonata are transformed and brought back in interesting and subtle ways throughout the piece.
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Cross
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and explains the ���cross' theme in Liszt's Sonata which appears three times throughout the piece, but in very different moods.
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Confronting
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about the difficulty of performing Liszt's Sonata. The importance of playing with head and heart and how to use tension to keep the audience engaged.
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Masterpiece
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about why Liszt's Sonata is considered a masterpiece.
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Crisis
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the great crisis moment of Liszt's Sonata.
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Weimar
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about how the early perception of Liszt as a womaniser and show-off virtuoso all changed when he met Princess Caroline Wittgenstein and how she inspired him to be a serious composer.
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Original
Pianist Stephen Hough reveals how Liszt's Sonata had originally ended before Liszt changed it completely.
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Guru
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about Liszt's unique approach to piano lessons and how it inspired his students.
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Radiant
Pianist Stephen Hough plays and discusses the 5th theme of Liszt's Sonata and it's melodic, radiant characteristics.
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Climactic
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the climactic moment of Liszt's Sonata.
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An Ode to the Romance Novel
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long and winding (like your favorite romance novel), and romance novels are full of tropes reflected upon its history. It has been the subject...