Humphries pushes the bad taste boundaries even further outwards with the arrival of a new character, Sir Les's clerical brother, Gerard, whose instincts become clear when he advances on the show's boyish-looking pianist only to find his electronic ankle tag suddenly vibrating.
But the pianist, looking pale and understandably tired, stopped at four.
For a young pianist looking not only to establish himself but also to put his country on the musical map, it appears to be a breakout moment.
In 1955, legendary producer Allen Toussaint was just another young pianist looking for a break on the New Orleans scene.
That it's okay if the stereotypically tortured artist broke a few eggs along the way as long as the omelet came out looking like The Pianist.
In one study, for instance, Hambrick looked at pianists and measured their working memory, or the ability to keep chunks of information in mind and accessible for short periods of time.
If our concert life were less conventional, pianists looking for a virtuosic show-stopper would play this breathtaking work as often as Chopin Scherzos or Liszt's "Mephisto Waltz".
The pianist looked at her sharply and Helen knew that she had done wrong.
The young, unshaven pianist looked comfortable in his shorts, sandals and a summer cap.
When Mr. Ivanov, a tall, husky Russian who towered over Mr. Yoo, took the stage, he certainly looked like a pianist who could conquer the Prokofiev Third.
Her band tonight looks promising: the pianist Mulgrew Miller, the bassist John Patitucci and the saxophonist Gary Thomas, who doesn't perform enough in New York and can be pretty extraordinary.
