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Hello! I am Lucas and I will be playing a
Piano concert for you, today, tonight,

this morning – I don't know when this is
going to be scheduled – about an hour long

I've picked up some things here, planned,
if that takes less than an hour then I'll

just improvise and play something else as
well, but I thought I could start with the

Gladiolus Rag by Scott Joplin, so let's
start with that, and I hope you'll enjoy.

Music: Gladiolus Rag by Scott Joplin

Alright, that was, more or less, the
Gladiolus Rag by Scott Joplin. And up next

I wanted to play this one: By Franz Liszt,
Polonaise in g minor. I think there's more

than one of those, but I'll look up the ID
later on and probably put it in a

description or something for a full
tracklist, in case someone wants that.

Music: Polonaise in g minor
by Frédéric Chopin

I'm not quite sure if the finish was where
I put it, or it should've been one earlier

and I should have just repeated this part
plays chord but not plays chord this

part, I'm not sure. I don't have the sheet
music here with me, so too bad. What's

next? Aha, yes! Next I wanted to play a
Song by Tom Lehrer. Let me say that again

without facing away from the microphone: a
song by Tom Lehrer, who has very recently

done a wonderful thing and put all of his
songs into the Public Domain, which is

great, because otherwise I would not be
able to play them here for at least another

seventy years, because the man's still
alive – ninety-something, I think – but

since he has done that I am now able to
praise this wonderful song and play it

again for you. "The Elements," you've
probably heard it, I think, maybe not.

We'll see.

Music

No, wait. I forgot I do not know the words
to The Elements by heart. I used to at some

point, but then I forgot. So I need my
phone here with me to show me the lyrics.

There we go!

Music: The Elements by Tom Lehrer

Tada! Well, kind of. "The Elements" by Tom
Lehrer. And next someone requested that I

play – my phone decided to reload the page
for some reason – but requested that I

play "Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja" from
Mozart's "The Magic Flute." So I can do

that next. Or some version of it, I guess.
I'm not going to sing this one, so let's

turn off the microphone.

Music: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
by Wolfang Amadeus Mozart

Okay. What was I going to play next?
Okay, some Jazz Improvisation, sure.

So the way I can do that is I have this
loop pedal down here, the red thing,

which I can use to record myself playing
some background chords and rhythm, maybe

something like this: plays music
You know what, no, I messed that one up,

but let's just demo the thing, quickly, so
I could turn up or down the volume.

Music reduces in volume

And now it's just going to loop forever,
and I think I messed up the break, let's

listen. Yeah, no, let's try again. So I
tap it twice to erase the recording, and

let's try that again: plays music

Okay, that sounds better. And now I can
just play along whatever I want: plays

Music: Jazz Improvisation
by Lucas Werkmeister

Kind of like that. The ending is always
tricky, because I have to suddenly stop

the loop and then it should still sound
kind of decent. Well. So far I'm starting

to realise that I arranged this pretty
poorly, because I put a lot of short

things at the front. But, well, let's do
some longer things then, now, and see if

that still fills an hour. So the next thing
I thought I wanted to play or I could play

was this Fantasy in c minor by Mozart, and
I think there's only one of those, so that

is unambiguous – I might be wrong – I can
put this K number somewhere later.

I don't know why I did this, because I do
not have sheet music for this one either.

so let's put that right away again.
"Fantasy in c minor," by Mozart.

Music: Fantasia in c minor
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Well, mostly, that was there. Made a few
mistakes, sorry. What do I want to play

next? Some more Scott Joplin was what I
wanted to play next. No, actually,

nevermind. It'll just turn itself around
on the page anyways and I think I can play

this one by heart as well, so let's just
do that. I should say what I'm going to

play. I'm going to play "Cleopha" by Scott
Joplin, which goes like this: plays

Let's just try that again.

Music: Cleopha by Scott Joplin

Alright, that worked much better, I think,
yay. Next: next I was going to play

something from this, which is the Years of
Pilgrimage from Liszt – and I'm not going

to try and pronounce the french, I think –
but basically it's a collection from, I

think, three years which he spent in – the
first year is Switzerland, the second one

is Italy, and then the third one is –
actually I don't know, this one just has

one piece in it – the first and second
year are in Switzerland and Italy, at

least, and I'm going to play the first one
from the second year, page 66, which is

called the "Sposalizio," which is the
engagement of Mary and Joseph, I believe,

or rather, this is actually named after a
painting of that occasion, by Raphael, I

think – I'm not sure – so that is
"Sposalizio" by Liszt.

Music: Sposalizio by Franz Liszt

Alright. After that, what did I have
planned next? Oh, okay. So I have two more

things here, which is not quite enough to
fill an hour, but let's first do this one,

sure. So what I had planned for now is
another song by Tom Lehrer and this one is –

he introduces it as a "rousing and uplifting
tune that is guaranteed to cheer you up."

Music: We Will All Go Together When We Go
by Tom Lehrer

Yeah, about like that. Let me drink
something. So that song is called "We Will

All Go Together When We Go," I've updated
the lyrics slightly, because when he wrote

it, it was "three billion hunks of steak,"
and within his lifetime – which is kind of

blowing my mind – it went to nearly eight
billion hunks of well-done steak, so yeah,

the population has grown a lot. And then I
have one piece in mind with which I want

to close the concert, but I think I need a
few more minutes for something else first

so let's just – yes! I have an idea. Why
not play this one, which is a lot of fun,

if I can find it, yes! The Prelude by
Sergei Rachmaninoff, I'm not sure if that

has an Opus number on there or anything –
no it doesn't. So maybe you recognise it,

maybe you don't, I'll try to play it as
well as I can. Prelude in – what is this? –

c# minor, I believe.

Music: Prelude in c♯ minor
by Sergei Rachmaninoff

Well, maybe I could have practised this
one once before, but I hope it was still

nice enough. What else could I play,
either from here or from something else.

This one is nice – bit long, I don't think
we need that much for – the problem is I

didn't exactly look at my watch when I
started this recording, but I think there

is about fifteen to twenty minutes left,
and the thing I want to finish with is

fifteen minutes, so maybe a short piece –
let's just do another Scott Joplin. Let's

play the Maple Leaf Rag, let's do that
one: "Maple Leaf Rag," Scott Joplin.

Music: Maple Leaf Rag
by Scott Joplin

Tada! Alright, and now, for the grand
finale, let's play the Rhapsody in Blue by

George Gershwin – I almost said Scott
Gershwin there, that's not his name. I

don't know if that's anybody's name, but
it's certainly not his. So let's – with

or without? – No, without. I made this
mistake once, where, after an hour-long

concert, I did this at the end, and then,
right at the end of the piece, the stand

just fell down and it was probably funny
in retrospect but not very pleasing at the

time, so that's just leave it out, because
I can play this. Anyways: George Gershwin,

I think, Gershwin but George – George
Gershwin, "Rhapsody in Blue."

plays
Again.

Music: Rhapsody in Blue
by George Gershwin

Alright. So that was the Rhapsody in Blue
by George Gershwin and I hope you enjoyed

it, and I think I'm going to call it here.
I hope you enjoyed this concert, I hope it

all worked out technically ­– I'll see
about that, and, yeah, enjoy the rest of

the remote Congress Experience. Bye!

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