Liszt Consolation no. 3 - Analysis: A Musical Prayer

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This piece by Liszt is honestly one of the greatest I've heard, and it's unique, it's unlike any other piece I know. It's very intense without being loud. It's calm but yet exciting. It has minor cords that don't sound sad or even negative. To me, this piece has always been like looking up at the night sky full of stars and being relaxed while watching their beauty and admiring their loftiness, yet at the same time being frightened (in a fascinating, excited way) by the vastness of the sight. I don't quite know how to describe it, but this piece stands out from all the other works of that time.

Regarding the Chopin bit: after a quick peek at S.171a, the No. 3 seems to be the only piece that got swapped for a completely different one, written in another key. The fact that this happened in the year after Chopin's death makes it a clear tribute - and a beautiful one - to me!

The way you talk about music is amazing. Thank you for being such a big help interpreting and connecting to music theory. Your videos are great!

Your video is a work of art. You understand, analyze and explain the music beautifully and the videography is exceptional. Thank you for making this video and sharing it with the world. It's a great service to humanity.

What luck! I wake up and there is a new video to enjoy while drinking my coffee! Such a beautiful piece and so well explained ( as always)!

There’s something so tranquil and comforting in bar 5 in the left hand when it begins on the g-flat.

Yet another wonderful analysis of a beloved piece. Mediant or "third" relationships in tonalities or even just chords, are very typical in Liszt. I would venture to say they are one of his signature characteristics.

I really appreciate this lesson and analysis. Thank you so much. You've brought real happiness to my day.

Thank you for this video. Wonderful tutorial.

Caro Henrik, Grazie, Thank You, very muchhh, so beautiful, BRAVO. ciao

Thanks for making the video. You play beautifully and explain nicely. I enjoyed watching your video very much ❤🙏.

Sir, your analysis and performance was so lovely! This is one of my favourite pieces. Thank you very much for uploading another Liszt piece! I learned this piece in June of last year. It quickly became one of my favourite pieces from that time. I enjoy playing this piece very much! Regards from India 🇮🇳.

8:20 is like magic! I was looking forward to some more tension and Liszt gave me such a relief and it's comforting and unexpected too, it made me feel safe and it's like "even it's bad sometimes but good things still happen subtly in those occasions"

Wonderful video. Thank you so much for breaking down this beautiful piece of music.

Such a beautiful piece of music and you explain it so nicely.

Such a huge musical content to learn thank you man. Keep up the good work

Wonderful! Thank you so much for this video!

thank you once again for always making great videos for us. you’ve helped me understand so many pieces better <3

Great video man, I'm currently also learning this peace. Your videos always help me to get more insight in why this peace is a masterpiece. 👌