first time playing in a masterclass in the beijing conservatory of music. know on the other side how scary it is. my name is thomas kelly, and i'm going to be performing schubert's erlkonig, a song transcribed for piano by liszt. it's like a whole puccini opera condensed into three minutes. there's a son, there's a father, and there's erlkonig. the child is sick, and the father is on a horse trying to get to the doctor. and then the kid sees erlkonig. it's not completely clear whether this villain, the erlking, is actually real, or whether it is completely the imagination of the child. the kid is like, "help me. help me, father." and he's like, "oh, just, just calm down." i love it because it's so psychological. hello, thomas. good luck. it's very courageous. to perform the piece. it has these repetitive octaves in the right hand, it's literally just octaves for the whole thing. but different dynamics, different characters. it's extremely exciting. wow. bravo! how do you feel? you're dead? i've just been sort of coming to terms with this piece, perfect. i d