International piano artist Wu Muye’s new tour – ‘Warcraft Domination: Liszt’s 24 Super Concert Etudes’. International piano artist Wu Muye will play the movement of speed and passion in the latest tour ‘Warcraft Domination: Liszt’s 24 Super Concert Etudes’. This time, Wu Muye brings a set of works that can be called a ‘trump card’. It is a rare opportunity to hear Liszt’s 24 etudes in full at one time. This rare super concert is very worthy of collection for music fans. Wu Muye feels that although he can also choose to complete the performance of the same repertoire at the age of 20 or 30, at that time his attitude towards the world and his understanding of life were not yet mature – he has not completed nearly ten years of wonderful reading and more than one million kilometers of self-driving. He has not faced the loss of life and the unexpected encounter of life. In another ten years, he will be more mature, but his physical condition may not reach the state required by Liszt’s set of repertoire. Wu Muye hopes to bring this super work to the audience in the concert hall at his most appropriate age. He said in his Weibo, ‘I pay tribute to everyone’s every unfulfilled dream with this latest tour repertoire. May you who are speeding on the life track be surpassing!’ This passage seems to let us see the tenderness of a ‘racing driver’, and it is also like the other side of Liszt’s music, the most showy and the most emotional… The tour poster is also unique. A No. 24 racing car drives into the music jungle full of myths, magic and endless adventures on the piano keys, speeding all the way to the top of the world of piano concerts.
Repertoire list for the world tour of ‘Warcraft Domination: Liszt’s 24 Super Concert Etudes’ Piano Solo
Twelve Transcendental Etudes, S.139
1. Preludio – Prelude
2. Molto Vivace – Very fast allegro
3. Paysage – Landscape
4. Mazeppa
5. Feux Follets – Will-o’-the-wisp
6. Vision
7. Eroica – Heroic
8. Wilde Jagd – Hunting
9. Ricordanza – Remembrance
10. Allegro Agitato Molto – Very agitated allegro
11. Harmonies du soir – Harmony of the evening
12. Chasse-neige – Chasing snow
Three Concert Etudes, S.144
1. Il lamento – Lament
2. La leggierezza – Lightness
3. Un sospiro – Sigh
Advanced Etude ‘Ab irato’ (Grande étude de perfectionnement de la Méthode des méthodes pour le piano), S.
Two concert etudes Zwei Konzertetüden (Two Concert Studies), S.145. 1. Waldesrauschen (Forest Whispers). 2. Gnomenreigen (Dance of the Gnomes). Grandes études de Paganini, S.141. 1. Preludio (Prelude). 2. Andante (Walking tempo). 3. La Campanella (The Little Bell). 4. La Chasse (The Hunt). 5. Allegretto (Moderately fast). 6. Quasi Presto (Almost fast). The piece ‘Douze études d’exécution transcendante, S.139′ was composed around 1851. It is a dauntingly difficult piece in the history of piano. In terms of technique, Liszt’s these 12 works are extremely difficult, as if they are the pinnacle of piano performance art. In the era when piano masters were as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river in the 20th century, few pianists dared to challenge it. In terms of the arrangement of pieces, Liszt’s twelve études are all in different keys and arranged in the order of descending fifths. Liszt’s piano music has always been considered ’emotional, beautiful, and spacious’, and perhaps it is well reflected in these 12 études of his. Like Hungarian Rhapsodies, Transcendental Etudes are also his’most pleasant’ music and the most showy piano music. Different from Chopin’s études, Liszt’s études have always been relatively intense, as if there is unlimited passion to be consumed. Of course, the beauty of melody is not excluded. ‘Trois études dge concert, S.144’ was created between 1848 and 1850. During that time, Liszt served as the court music director in Weimar. Although called études, Liszt wrote them full of poetic and picturesque feelings and once gave them the title of ‘Poetic Caprices’. ‘Grandes études de Paganini, S.141’ was written in 1838 and published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1840. Originally named ‘Superb Etudes Based on Paganini’s Caprices’. Paganini is a violinist who has developed the skills of the violin to the peak. People describe that he has done what only the devil can do on the violin. He directly influenced Chopin and Liszt’s exploration of piano art.
Liszt adapted five of Paganini’s Twenty-Four Caprices and the rondo theme from the Second Violin Concerto into piano etudes. Liszt’s adaptation of Paganini is truly a perfect match. Wu Muye, an international piano artist, has broken the stereotypical impression of Chinese audiences on virtuoso pianists. He simultaneously meets the highest expectations of the public for a piano master: superb technique, profound musicality, and outstanding personal charm. Wu Muye presents a set of tour repertoires every year, along with album releases. This is not only a display of his rare performing strength and expressive ability but also the protection and inheritance of the peak works of classical music. From “Complete Impromptus by Schubert,” “Complete Waltzes by Chopin,” to “Monologue of the Strong 1 – Selection of Beethoven’s Peak Works,” “Monologue of the Strong 2 – Selection of Liszt’s Peak Works,” and then to this “Warcraft Domination: Liszt’s 24 Super Concert Etudes.” Going to the concert hall to enjoy Wu Muye’s solo concert every year has become an essential check-in habit for classical music fans. Wu Muye’s grasp of the profundity of music far exceeds his age. He seems to be a film master in the concert hall interpreting the life of a musician. For Wu Muye, the balance between skills and emotions is the balance between restraint and freedom, reason and emotion, insight and romance. This is precisely the greatest poetry that classical music gives him. When an artist perfectly balances the oppositions between conflicts, it is the elegant and charming moment when art bursts forth. His piano perfectly achieves this genius balance between restraint and release.
Guangzhou: Warcraft Domination: Liszt’s 24 Super Concert Etudes – Wu Muye Piano Solo World Tour
International piano artist Wu Muye’s new tour – ‘Warcraft Domination: Liszt’[...]
