Andrew Forbes discusses the nature of virtuosity, and how to overcome the frustrations of mastering a piece which is on the edge of your own current capabilities.  He suggests strategies and techniques to develop ease and confidence with the demanding organ masterpieces of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with practical exercises based on posture, hand position, and historical principles as set out by the virtuoso pianists and organists of this period.  He illustrates the video with examples on the organ of Glasgow Cathedral.

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