Myra Hess -- An Interview (1952)

Jim Fassett (1904-1986) "interviews" Dame Myra Hess (1890-1965).

[@MrInterestingthings]

It's surprising what you can get used to . Hearing anyone talk about that period is really something during the 2nd world war .We have her in both Brahms piano concerti playing as strongly as maturely as any male virtuoso . What a personality and tough woman and indomitable spirit this quiet ,polite Briton has !

[@JamesVaughan]

FABULOUS!!! She was truly one of the greatest pianists who ever lived...and what a delightful sense of humour!! ETERNAL thanks, Erwin!!!

[@raftom4454]

"Mind of a scientist and the love of music"... That's exactly how I imagined Matthay.

[@MrInterestingthings]

You can hear another era in her voice and polite way .Kovacevich knew and studied with her ! He has very interesting things to say.Matthay showed her she had not been " taught to think at all ".Music before technique .So many come to this so late . I hope there are teachers that include masterclasses and interviews that speak about how serious the music profession ,the real practice of what musicianship should be .

[@paulprocopolis]

Really fascinating from both a personal and historical viewpoint. MH sounds delightfully down-to-earth and so unpretentious. (She also sounds as though she might be a 60-a-day woman!!) Sad to say, now the only reminder of Queen's Hall is a blue plaque fixed to the side of the Saint Georges Hotel in Langham Place.

[@berlinzerberus]

How interesting what she said about Tobias Matthay! 'He was one of the greatest spirits and teachers...' Wonderful, thank you, it's very great listening to her voice, she is charming!

[@EmdrGreg]

My teacher Harry Whittemore studied for a time with Matthay. Sounds almost impossible, but I am going back more than 50 years. Any skill in the line ended with Mr. Whittemore, I'm afraid.

[@andrewvincenti2664]

Absolutely delightful, particularly talking about oranges!

[@dcunited710]

She’s is so cute!

[@pianopera]

György Sebők also used an orange (even on the white keys!) in one of his masterclasses, to demonstrate technical principles in the last movement of Chopin's Sonata no.2 (it's here on KZbin, part 6).

[@Paolo8772]

Fun fact: Myra Hess was the pianist of the 1954 recording of Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op. 13 #12 where four seconds (@

[@martinadler73]

Wonderful! Thanks.

[@supertortoise3000]

Great I like her

[@PeterLunowPL]

she is so funny!!

[@lorettaslovak8135]

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[@ThePianoFiles]

TERRIFIC!