LISZT PIANO CONCERTO 1 - EXPERIENCES?

[franz_]

Someone played it and can share with me some opinions, difficulties, advises,...

I am gonna startr it now.

[franz_]

Anyone please?

[franz_]

Oh man... 

[Kassaa]

If you're going to start it you should  be advanced enough to see the difficulties. The opening is pretty much sh*t.

[piano_ant]

Just started a new topic relating to it. I may end up finishing the piece by fall. Kassa is right. The beginning is one of the most daunting beginnings to a piano concerto. My professor told me a story about one of her male colleagues in grad school.

She said he was GOOD, technically superior to herself. He played very demanding repertoire and was a very confident player (a bit over confident). Anyway, he stood up on stage and sat down to begin the Liszt concerto and Proceeded to *** up every octave on the first page.

I think many people underestimate how multidimensional this concerto is and how Liszt uses that innovative piano writing to shape those themes. I would start learning the outer sections as they are the most difficult and then work your way in. Never stop practicing those octaves. They suck big time.

[arensky]

I agree with piano ant, work from the outer sections into the center. It's an amazing piece of music, and underrated musically. It's very technically demanding, tough stuff. It nearly killed me.