Lang Lang Performs On Jimmy Fallon (ft. lots of inappropriate clapping) 

When the performer is good, so Twoset roasts the audience.

Lung lung is that guy that’s always coughing at classical concerts

Audience isn't clapping for Lang Lang. They're cheering themselves on for recognising the melodies. 🤣

_when i first started watching twoset, i thought this was the 'ling ling' they kept on talking about._

Lang Lang: who are you? Ling Ling: I’m you but stronger

First time I heard about Lang Lang I swear I thought it was an advertisement for TwoSetViolin.

I just imagine there’s at least one person there who knows classical etiquette and was looking at everyone else like wtf are you doing?

Hes pretty good he probably uses simply piano

Pro tip: only clap when the pianist puts his or her hands on their lap

Brett and Eddy reacting to Lang Lang on Jimmy Fallon ❌❌❌ Brett and Eddy arguing how or pronounce pianist or peanist ✅✅✅

I would say in general, a sloppy gliss. is easy on the piano. However, to get them as crisp, clean and colorful as he did is INSANE. I mean he slides up to that last note perfectly every time while keeping everything artistic and beautiful. It is difficult enough to gliss, up to a note without hitting a finger on any other keys without trying to keep things bright and beautiful!

A glissando is easy in theory, but it’s PAINFUL and hard to time it like him and give note equal time because every note gives resistance

“One for the classical, one for the audience, one for the TV” I chuckled too hard at that.

A glissando on the piano is quite easy to learn for anyone willing to sacrifice their skin.

I'm Chinese, I never liked Lang Lang growing up, always thought all his exaggerated gestures and facial expressions are unnecessary even embarrassing, until I was able to truly appreciate how great he masters the piano. He has done some fun reality shows in China in recent couple of years, I'm glad I could get to know him better through the show, Lang Lang is actually a very humble, pure, genuine, down-to-earth guy with a warm personality, he's not showing off or being dramatic with all the "unusual" movements/faces, it's just when he plays, he's so happy and passionate. Such precious purity

fun fact: "inappropriate clapping" is a modern invention. Mozart wrote about how much he loved it when audiences clapped in the middle of his concerts.

Twoset : We missed you Me : I've seen you a couple of hours ago but I missed you, too

If you can say PIANIST slowly, you can say PIANIST quickly

The glissando is technically easy, but it REALLY hurts. Your knuckles are horizontally smashing into every single key. You'll have some nice bruises after practicing it.

As a pianist and violinist, I can say that a glissando is certainly more painful than a tremolo.

i did not expect them to debate how to pronounce pianist for THAT long

Because if you can clap slowly, you can clap quickly And if you can clap at the right time, you can clap at the wrong time

"One for the classical, one for the audience, one for the TV" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂😂😂

Alternate Title: Eddy and Brett fangirl over Lang Lang and roast the audience for 12 minutes

Lang Lang Concert TV audience: That was good, but can he play FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE!!!???

My mom: Why do you have slap marks across your face? Me: I was judging

Twoset when I watch alone: 4:08 Twoset when my mum walks in: 5:19

Twoset: dont judge, slaps face Davie504: good.

You should make “don’t judge” merch with a hand slapping a face on it

Lang Lang: Pianist Lung Lung: Cough in D Minor Leng Leng: Family we don't speak of Long Long: ... Ling Ling: Transcends Space-Time

As a currently practicing pianist, there is a lot of actual legitimacy to the gestures. As Brett said, it's mostly a byproduct of what you are playing. It is often easier to reposition your hand (depending on the piece, anyway) when you do crazy elegant stuff like that too, so it has an actual purpose beyond just looking like you're feeling REALLY extravagant and passionate about whatever you're playing. It's also an excellent way to release tension from your hands so you don't end up carrying it over to the next notes. Sidenote, that rendition of Chopsticks was beautiful and I can't believe he was able to get such expression out of such a simple melody. The level of control he has with all of his muscles is insane. The glissing was also :ok_hand:.

Eddy: How do you make piano percussive? Piano: Is a percussion instrument.

Can you imagine TwoSet on Jimmy Fallon tho Like they’re playing a piece and when they do a tremolo and everyone goes wild they just *look at each other* When they come to a pause in their piece and people start clapping they just *stop playing*

What's worse than clapping in between movements? ... ....... Clapping in the middle of a piece.

Now I can never play "Chopsticks," the one piano piece I used to play to show off, without feeling inferior. Off to practice.

“Oh, you like classical music? Me too, haha!! It’s great for going to sleep!” *smak smak don’t judge smak smak smak smak don’t judge smak*

I was just scared the audience would've started clapping along

The audience for after 1 beat of rest: *clap noises*

The thing about the gliss with Lang Lang is that it's very clean, controlled, and done with ease. It's very easy to do a quick, dirty, sloppy gliss. He is certainly flamboyant, but looking at his skill, he earns it.

I love how they appreciated Lang Lang's playing. He truly is an amazing pianist, whether you like his showmanship or not!

Lang Lang by day. Ling Ling by night. He practices piano 40 hours a day and violin 40 hours a night.

#TwosetonJimmyFallon let's make 2019 Brett's dream come true 👌🏻

My favorite thing about Lang Lang is the way he enjoys playing so much! His movements are mesmerizing!

Well, as a classically trained musician myself, the museum culture has been deeply ingrained in classical performance. Lang Lang here has definitely brought back music (i.e. classical music for that matter) back to the people. He has made it more inclusive. In contrast to how we classically trained musicians cringe at wrong-timing of clapping. Obviously Lang Lang has engaged the audience excellently the fact that they could not help but clap. This is real music for real communities! Thank you Lang Lang for making classical music playing relevant and enjoyable for a wider range of audience :-)

Yeah but can he play flight of the bumblebee in 38 seconds on a NASA space piano

glissing on piano isn't hard it hurts

his rhythm is SO SO SO EVEN at the fast notes WOW like its connected, and also the amount of pedalling is also SO GOOD

Lang Lang is amazing! I’d love to see him in concert! And I look forward to seeing you both in concert too!

Glissandos on piano are the most painful thing on the earth, I swear

I got a Simply Piano ad in the middle of this and it felt even more disrespectful and patronizing than usual

Fun fact from my music history professor: when Liszt used to perform it was very common for people to cheer in the middle like this, much more similar to rock concerts than classical performances. He ate it up, he was a brilliant performer and Lang Lang's performing/playing style is actually reminiscent of Liszt's. However, at some point later in his career Liszt got fed up with it and would actively shush audience members if they started to applaud during his pieces. So, Liszt is one of the main reasons why it's common etiquette to be silent during classical performances.

Glissandos on the piano are such a pain (literally). They’re not necessarily *hard,* it takes a lot of practice to find-tune it to be able to do one without brutally murdering your hand 😅. They’re harder than you think, that’s for sure.

Somebody: claps when he shouldn't Every musician: *tRiGGeReD*

It was just a minute but I already can't stop laughing with the pronunciation of "pianist" as "peenist"...

I knew a guy who interned for Fallon, and he let me know that pretty much every beat of the audiences reaction is trained before the show. They have someone come out and coach them on how to laugh and such. I’m sure the same can be said for many shows like it

The people watching that have little to no musical training only hear the notes. Intonation, articulation, modulation,, emphasis, pitch are things just either don’t know or just don’t care to know what they all are. They just want it to make them feel a certain way or just only to be entertained… It takes some of the enjoyment out of it if you spend the whole performance analyzing. They just want to relax a bit after a crappy day at work. I love when you guys hear or see a mistake or a really difficult part and you immediately look at each other and smile while reaching for the pause as fast as you can. Oh and the clapping. That might be something artificially added or they light up the “APPLAUSE” light and have the audience clap when instructed. I’m sure they would have the audience noise controlled like they do in “recorded in front of a live studio audience” tv programs.

Doing a glissando in piano isn’t hard, but doing a PERFECT one like that is demanding. The even speed and equal pronunciation and volume for each note is hard, and doing it quickly three times in a row is......maybe it is more for the effects, but it’s not just like, easy. Lang Lang seemed so effortless, too......

When you thought you were good at playing twinkle twinkle little star.

You can always feel the passion of Lang Lang towards music... it's so beautiful❤️

The amount of control he has over his balance is absolutely amazing

Remember how in "shrek" during the wedding scene there was a dude with big signs telling ppl when to "laugh" or "aaaw"? Well during classic music performances there should be one to tell them WHEN to clap

Classical: omF- DID SOMEONE JUST CLAP BETWEEN MOVEMENTS!!?? Jazz: lmao clap after the solo that's okay

You guys are sooooo funny! And I will never get tired of hearing you guys talk about classical music!

Always love seeing you guys geeking out over the mastery of other musicians.

Grandma: what's that lovely sound on the TV? Turn it up please! When there is clapping: Turn it down! It's too loud!

Lang Lang is like Ling Ling but for pianist.

Just remember that it is completely acceptable to clap during a “hot” jazz performance. Ragtime is considered the earliest form of jazz and was mostly played in loud speakeasies. Clapping or even shouting during the Joplin piece would be considered a compliment to the performer in this situation.

Honestly super impressed with this piano playing. I'm not a pianist but it's easy to imagine. Just keep your right hand and left hand on a table and make your fists as if you were going to knock. Start knocking with your left fist at one knock per second and then simultaneously with your right fist at one knock every two seconds. The amount of concentration that is required to pull this is off is massive and it's really impressive on this piano seeing as he's even changing the keys that he's pressing.

Lang Lang is just one of the 5 legendary brothers who have mastered the 5 different groups of instruments Ling Ling - the Grandmaster of Strings Lang Lang - the Grandmaster of Keyboards Long Long - the Grandmaster of Brass Leng Leng - the Grandmaster of Percussions Lung Lung - the Grandmaster of Woodwinds Together they form the musical family Edit: Okay people, I've seen the fault in my ways. I might've confused Lung Lung and Leng Leng (thanks rocket alpaca for pointing out this mistake) I've corrected it now

As a pianist, the fact that he can bring out the melody so clearly and crisply just gives me goosebumps.

It’s like he is just playing exercises with one hand and beginning pianist literature with the other

it is also impresive because of how how he controls the pedal. plus playing with such emotion- amazing

4:29 Glissandos themselves aren't super difficult on piano. What makes it extraordinary is how light he played the gliss. It's a beautiful effect.

My piano teacher would always say to the audience before our recital started, "a lot of these pieces have what you think might be an ending, but isn't. So please don't clap until the student stands up and bows." Every year, like clockwork, we'd get that one parent that either showed up late or was new and didn't care and would clap before the student stood up 😂

I absolutely love how Brett and Eddy noticed the opening, playing soft and quick on piano was one of the hardest things I had to learn and this guy did it SO effortlessly. I'm late to this channel but can't get enough 👏👏

0:18 my hearttttt, eddy just said I MISS YOU

Me: *slaps my face* don’t judge The lawyer and the rest of the courtroom: Your Honor, we’ve been here for 4 hours, please make a decision Me: but twoset said...!

Lang Lang: Plays a straight forward left hand trill, phrases like a functioning member of society TwoSet: *Surprised Pikachu Face*

This should be called: TwoSet being complete fanboys of LangLang for 10 minutes and 40 seconds straight. other 1 minute debating between piANists or PIanists 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And lang lang was smile the whole time like it was nothing , wow I could never!

Glissing isn’t difficult, but it physically hurts, especially at a forte dynamic.

As a Pianist, i can confirm that making such an even glissando is actually pretty hard

At this point, anything classical music with Twoset's reaction to it is a must.

I've attended one concert in the US. People were clapping several times during the performance. It was the most uncomfortable concert experience of my life

You could see that Lang Lang was just having fun. He was very relaxed.

Motion of glisando: easy Making sure you can withstand the pain: hard Finger bleeding: inevitable. Lesson: learn technique.

I worked in a jazz club in Melbourne and had the pleasure of seeing so many amazing musicians every week live. I'm learning more about classical music (a great deal from your channel, thank you!) and have never clapped during a classical piece, but I almost have to sit on my hands to do so. I love the relationship between musician and audiance in live jazz. Have you ever played a concert where applauding mid-piece was encouraged?

That twinkle twinkle little star melody in the middle. Exquisite

I'm just sat here imagining the day we get to watch TwoSet on Fallon, and observe their internalised cringing when the audience starts clapping inappropriately 💀

The last time I was this fast... I couldn't afford the merch.

Maybe classical music needs an audience that isn’t afraid to make some noise. I used to play with this group that performs high level classical music in bars with noise and people drinking and playing pool, but they also packed the place every time and had a great time. It was an effective way to bring this music out of the conservatory and into unexpected places that inspired energetic and wonderful performances. You could have a string quartet, opera singer, classical guitar, saxophone quartet…basically anything from early music to 20th century experimental music. It was fabulous.

6:25 Eddy casually being a Got Talent audience guy

When Lang Lang plays an intoxicating piece Uncultured audiences: clap & cheer between movements When Lang Lang plays Despacito *Uncultured audiences: WOAHHHHHHHHHH CLAPPP!!!! CHEERRR!!!!! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥*

Just waiting for *lung lung* to appear. The saga continues The question ist just: How long does he practice a day?

It is hard to get the swipes to end at the same point every time, which he does perfectly

He played with absolutely perfect control. He doesn't seem off in the slightest.

Mainstream media consumer checklist for piano performance: ☑ Played something I recognize ☑ Didn't play wrong notes ☑ Played fast (clap)

Ling Ling: 40 Hours Lang Lang: 41 Hours

Violin prodigy: ling ling piano prodigy: lang lang Wind instrument prodigy: lung lung

Lang Lang's impressive af. But I just can't get over Eddy's sweater paws.. too adorable💕