I guess this was our weekend for music. After the Phil last night my wonder spouse and I spent two hours this afternoon listening to a piano concert. Today's concert came with a free lunch which was nice.
The artist was Jeremy Filsell and he was amazing. He has been playing piano since he was ten years old, won many, many awards and traveled the world performing. His bio filled a page and a half of the program in very fine print. He's done it all (at least in the world of piano and organ music). One bit I found interesting was that he lived in Windsor Castle for nine years as an alto lay clerk in the Queen's choir at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
His recordings are widely available but I like to see my music as well as hear it. I would much rather sit in the audience seeing and hearing a musical performance than simply listening to a recording. That's why I enjoy going to the philhamonic so much.
In the case of Mr. Filsell, part of my joy and awe came from realizing that he was playing the entire concert from memory, no sheet music anywhere. And we are not talking easy little ditties here. He entertained us with selections from Chopin, Debussy, Leighton and Liszt. My favorite selection was Liszt"s "Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178."
All in all, a remarkable end to this very musical weekend.
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