Rosemary Brown (medium) : Inspired by Liszt : Lament

In Liszt's bicentenary year it seems appropriate to upload a performance of what some would believe to be a recent work by him. It appears on the 1970 recording " A Musical Séance " on which works psychographed by the British medium Rosemary Brown were played by her and by the eminent pianist Peter Katin (where written down). I understand that this piece has never been published, and it has been recently (and very faithfully) transcribed by a Brazilian viewer, Guilherme Tavares. In playing this transcription I have tried to approach it by imagining what Rosemary Brown might have been playing from had Liszt written the piece out. In her performances the precise rhythm of the last beat of many bars is difficult to determine (sometimes it sounds like two quavers and sometimes like a dotted rhythm), and so I have applied some flexibility. To my ear, the piece sounds like a blend between Chopin and late(ish) Liszt, but, whatever its provenance, it holds together very well. What do you think?
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[Ribod]

Don't play classical (unless you include Mike Oldfeld and Steve Hackett). Play prog rock guitar and have done so for 34 years (guess that makes me somewhat of a dimwit around here). If this is what can be achieved ab initio within three years on the pianoforte, however, I am obviously playing both the wrong instrument and the wrong style! The world seems to be full of people who are only kidding themselves or those who choose to believe them. By the way, I don't worship the Devil.

[PSearPianist]

@Ribod Rosemary Brown apparently only had the three years of lessons, but I myself have been playing for over 45 years!

[universoeterno1]

I just read your comment down under. Only three years of forma piano lessons??? Its amazing to see, experience what the will can achieve. AND the piece might sound repetitive but it feels like it has a heart and a story within. Thank you for posting it Mr. Sears. You play it beautiful.

[PSearPianist]

@universoeterno1 Thanks for your most kind comment!

[lotorobly]

obviously the second movement has been placed up on the scale, given the impromptus romance of the third guitar leg school of the norvegian: there are symptoms of inintelligle knowledge under the cradle but the forth A minor sounds pretty cnvincing: lizst lived along side a river on a little silver boat so it¡s pretty possible and anyway is music. Also the world is made of pages and 17th century has been a blast, not just in octaves

[welsonbil]

@PSearPianist Can you play the song "Jesus Walking on the Water", by Rosemary Brown, inspired by Liszt, and make a video?

I love this song!

Thank you!

[PSearPianist]

@Versailles1798 I think it is quite well structured for an amateur improvisation (if it is that).

[Versailles1798]

@PSearPianist It's not really a complicated piece by any means. I've had only 3 years of formal piano lessons (I think Brown had a similar number of years), and this sounds like the stuff I make up when just sitting at the piano messing around. Easy, repetitive left hand; easy, repetitive right hand. Not in Liszt's style at all. More like a Chopin prelude.

[PSearPianist]

@rbob200 Thank you - no problem re my name!

[rbob200]

very rare piece,indeed. Pardon me for misnaming, Phillip.