I've been totally obsessing over this lady on youtube today. She's good at piano. Double good.

Below is her playing a Rachmaninoff piece called "Little Red Riding Hood" that I hadn't heard before. I'm guessing that the inspiration for this song was the idea of a girl's unfortunate encounter with a wolf. If I'm right, the symbolism has the abrupt bass melody being the menacing-as-hell wolf and the mid/trebel melodies being Little Red Riding Hood. As the piece matures, the bass and trebel meld together more and more, as the wolf gains the girl's trust. I get the impression that the song ends before the story ends, with the wolf eating both Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. There's nothing that I really identify with a hunter coming to save them. Please note, however, that I'm talking out of my ass and am probably wrong.

Bottom line is that Ms. Lisitsa is sick good and that Rachmaninoff remains one of my favorite composers.