The CD contains solo piano pieces from extracts of Bach, Schubert, Chopin, John Field, Phil Coulter and many more. All her pieces are played from memory, and she spends many many hours to perfect her playing. Due to her low vision, she uses magnification to enlarge the scores and memorises each bar one at a time. Orla feels that music is a great healing therapy for the body mind and soul. It also activates a person’s brain and may help make them brainier in other aspects in general.
“Without music, life would be an error,” quotes Friedrich Nietzsche.
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