mercredi, septembre 05, 2007 Albert Tiu: "On The Other Hand..."  (This is not a music review.)To watch Albert perform is to remember how completely useless you were at the piano when you were younger. To watch Albert perform on his right hand ONLY is to simply sit with your mouth agape. The man sweetly spammed me with his invitation to his solo concert, and since I already had to be in NUS for a lunch and a meeting, I obliged. Being back in a performance space (that's not the Esplanade Recital Studio) was a pleasant thing - the seats were good, the floor well-sloped, and the air-conditioning not too cold. The audience, however - they started queueing at 630pm for the 730pm free concert, while I stayed away from the queue to wait for Tony to get back from dinner. The ushers were familiar faces (I really liked talking to the students when I was there.) The entire programme was just... scary stuff. The back story is - he injured his left hand earlier this year, and had to practice with only his right. He then decided to treat it as an opportunity to learn - so he adapted music for the right hand. Listening to him was like listening to a regular performance, except that his left hand was not doing any work at all. Through really skilful playing, and even more skilful pedal work, the guy just rocked the studies. Ade, I'm sorry you missed it. I think you would have been in a puddle on the floor at the end of the Chopin studies. Programme [Bach/Brahms] Chaconne in D minor* [Skryabin] Prelude Op. 9 No. 1 in C-sharp minor* [Skryabin] Nocturne p. 9 No. 2 in D-flat major* [Godowsky] Studies after Chopin: No. 12a (Op. 10 No. 5) in G-flat major*[Chopin] Preludes Op 28 No. 1-8 arr. for the right hand alone by Albert Tiu No. 1 in C major; Agitato[Kawai Shiu] La coral de una mano Alberto (2007) [Alkan] Study for the Right Hand Alone, Op. 76 No. 2 (Introduction, variations and finale) * originally written for the left hand alone Libellés : music [Albert Tiu: "On The Other Hand..."] |
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