Beautiful balance between hands, something that all pianists strive towards. In another installment of "Morning Music Walks with Andrea," I'd like to share with you another performance from Wigmore Hall. Today I listened to a beautiful performance by Kathryn Stott. Ms. Stott is an English classical pianist who performs as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber musician; she is a frequent collaborator with Yo-yo Ma. Her specialities include the English and French classical repertoire, contemporary classical music and the tango; listen to her album of Erwin Schulhoff's music called "Hot Music," especially the five "etudes de jazz!" As I walked and listened this morning I was so taken with the lovely balance between melody and accompaniment in this recent performance at Wigmore . I so enjoyed the Faure Nocturne and the Poulenc "Melancolie" (which is quite difficult to play well, by the way), but be sure to listen to the Earl Wild transcription of "Embraceable You" at the end. Let me know how you like it!
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