Liszt "at" Brown! My first concert on campus! And hear from an organ for the first time! So cheerful!

Highlight of the Day:

I went to my first on-campus concert tonight -- Lisztomania! A Bicentennial Festival Concert. It was truly breath-taking... just magnificent!! 

What we had are:

Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H (organ)

Anima Christi (organ)

Ossa Arida (organ)

Consolations, No.4 

Hosannah for Trombone and Organ (organ, trombone)

The beatitudes from Christus (baritone: Andrew Garland)

Ave Verum Corpus

Pater Noster from Christus (chorus)

Orpheus (Symphonic Poem No.4) (orchestra)

Totentanz (orchestra; pianist: Kenneth Hamilton)

The Bells of Strasburg Cathedral (orchestra, organ, baritone)

Among all the music they played, I was especially impressed by Totentanz (with orchestra) -- the appearing and reappearing chant Dies Irae with rich variations, the explosion of giant power, the unbelievable skills of the pianist, and the excellence of this Brown orchestra! I played it on loop on Youtube after the concert!

And Orpheus is also impressing, which is so cheerful and lovely, just like Alice in wonderland... a huge contrast to Totentanz!


Link of the Day:
1. Enrico Pace playing Liszt's Totentanz. I don't know whether there're some better versions out there. But this is definitely fabulous!
2. Check this out! MIT Brian&Cognitive Science has an amazing video archive of their lectures. MIT is so cool (esp. in technology)!!!