Yuja Wang’s London roadies
OrchestrasCould these be members of the LSO?
Surely not.
Comments
MOST READ TODAY:
-
RIP
Death of a British piano influence
Past students are sharing their sadness at the…
-
Orchestras
Music director steps down after 56 years
It was the black year of 1968 when…
-
Album Of The Week
A Beethoven recording to make you rethink
From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: The…
-
RIP
Disney’s violist, RIP
The influential California viola player Kay Pech has…
I so look forward to listening to Yuja Wang next January in Philadelphia. She’ll play Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto.
I checked youtube clips on how she approaches the opening chords. Apparently she switched to the original, arpeggiated version.
Here is a video uploaded a year ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVHu5vsZ_Zs
By contrast, in a 2012 video she still plays the more familiar solid chords:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yue6Cb5OULM
I much prefer the later version. The original opening sounds way too effeminate.
To pull off this revised arpeggio opening, it requires really plush strings in support, and rounder horns, which is hard enough for most professional orchestras (much less, alas, this student orchestra), I look forward to your report from your Philadelphia experience next year.
Thanks for these links — great comparison!
The guy with the beard on the left has a great sense of humor.
Or a strong foot fetish.
Oh my lord, this looks like a photo from a company holiday party that will soon by HR’s worst nightmare.
(Or as they say at the NY Philharmonic, just another day at the office.)
The difference being that YW would have her work cut out explaining how she didn’t enjoy it.