Outstanding performance. And it is amazing how Rick Wakeman is able to rework creatively his greatest originals in many different settings, as it occurs for instance in this very convincing solo piano version.
Why I gave up playing the keyboards! Saw his live show a few years ago and that was it! Nice guy too and I am glad he is back with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin. Not only is he an amazing player, he seems to play mostly with his eyes closed.
I saw another video where he said his first piano teacher (when he was a wee lad) told him to do that so that he could imagine the scene. Boggles my mind.
quem quiser discordar tem todo o direito , mas pra mim , Rick Wakeman é o grande músico da historia do meu rock , além de tudo o que estão ouvindo nessa aula de piano . È o cara .
Once you've heard this, Close to the Edge, Tarkus, Brain Salad, Selling England By The Pound, Octopus, Free Hand...how can you then take punk or hip-hop or techno or any of that crap seriously? Music for the ages.
Had the great pleasure of seeing his Grand Piano Tour at Memorial Hall in Melrose Massachusetts. Meet and greet afterwards. What a gentleman. Tall, sexy and gorgeous. Yikes.
Notice his perfect position of hands classically trained and concentration, re-creating all the time his own creations - handfully mastering himself in these always sublime musical evocations. Hands clean and delicate whether you might perceive them closely - of a true concertist of contemporain ages!! Notem sua perfeita posição de mãos classicamente treinadas e concentração, re-criando a todo o tempo suas próprias criações - diligentemente dominando a ele mesmo nestas quase sublimes evocações musicais. Mãos limpas e delicadas se as percebermos bem de perto - de um verdadeiro concertista das eras hodiernas!! Miren su perfecta ubicación de manos clasicamente entrenadas y concentración, re-creando a todo el tiempo sus propias creaciones - diligentemente en dominio de si mismo en estas casi sublimes evocaciones musicales. Manos limpias y delicadas sy las mirarmos muy cerquita - de un verdadero concertista de las eras contemporaneas!!
