How to Play Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz: A Workshop and Performance by Irene Kim

Dr. Irene Kim shares tips, tricks, and cheats for those technically nasty bits in the Mephisto Waltz No. 1 by Franz Liszt while discussing how to infuse a devilish brilliance in one’s performance using famed poet Nikolaus Lenau’s seductive and salacious imagery from Faust: Dance at the Village Inn. 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Historical Context 6:55 Technical and Programmatic Walk-through: First Waltz 19:35 Seduction section 30:10 Return of the Waltz 51:53 Performance Recorded live in Pasadena, California for tonebase Piano LIVE FOLLOW ME on INSTAGRAM: