Agreed, I tell my students that is called “showing emotion.” Real expression comes from the choice of voicing, the amount of stretching of tempo, the choices of where that happens, the small and the large phrases, and then how those relate to your interpretation of what that music represents. It is nuanced and highly personal as the performer, and it is often the case that listeners will have vastly different responses to the music. Some of my most simple or straightforward playing has brought people to tears, and also had people say it sounded robotic or stagnant. Other times, my most stylized playing has been called indulgent or without insight into some aspect of the music, while others thought it was the most expressive version of the piece they have heard. At the end of the day, you have to study the score and experiment with every combination of interpretations that you can imagine, and play what you feel or think is best and let the people that enjoy it come to you and remember that they don’t build statues of music critics, they build statues of the composers. :)

I do too, lol! We’ve all been on a quest for food I hope!

Awe, thank you so much!!! There is more to come :)

Thank you very much! :)

Thanks Barb! ^.^

Just keep on practicing and there will be no limit 😊

Thanks!!! It’s my favorite of the four right now :)

Awe!!! 🥹🥹🥹 I hope so - we are so lucky he left us with such incredible music!

Thanks! Practice makes Progress ^.^

This is Franz Liszt’s second Petrarch Sonnet from the Years of pilgrimage, Italy :)

Awe, thank you so much for listening! I know you have been so busy - it means a lot!

Fluff!!!! This is some pretty cool and deep music 😎

Thanks! ☺️

Thanks!

Hi Jennifer!! I’m so glad it found you well! It is such a cool piece very sad, but somehow warm and soothing. :) 🤗 🤗 🤗