Word: liszt
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...will also perform Schumann's "Fuge on Bach," Liszt's "Fantasy and Fuge on Bach," and Brahm's "O Gott, due Frommer Gott," and "Schumcke Dich, O Liebe Seele...
Died. Egon Petri, 81, pianist exemplar of Liszt's fluidly romantic style, the urbane son of a Dutch musical family, who was revered in Russia as the first foreign pianist permitted to tour (in 1923) by the Bolsheviks and later fled the Nazis to the U.S. where he taught at Cornell, Mills College and the San Francisco Conservatory; of a stroke; in Berkeley, Calif...
...cash and appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Denver symphony orchestras. Onto a stage at the Metropolitan Museum of Art paraded four other finalists: Ralph Votapek, who gracefully turned the willowy phrases of Beethoven's Concerto No. 4; Bela Szilagi, whose Brahms and Liszt were played with cohesive intensity; Marilyn Neeley, a petite brunette who mastered the pyrotechnics of Tchaikovsky with brute female strength; and Stephen Manes, whose forte is clarity...
...flat," asked Leopold Mannes from the balcony. Block then eased his way into the Beethoven sonata fantasy with a keen intelligence that paid heed not only to detail but also to essential unity. Displaying versatility as well as virtuosity, Block played a cadenza from a Tchaikovsky concerto and a Liszt sonata. Chattering excitedly, the judges reached a verdict in 15 minutes, and this time Michel Block walked off with the prize...
Prizewinner Ogdon, a pianist with a strong surging style, began slowly (he stood only eighth after the first two rounds), but finished fast, particularly with a performance of the Liszt First Piano Concerto that astounded the judges...