Yuja Wang is a marvel of the new age, her interpretations on modern composers of the 20th century is astounding she is one of great pianists of the 21st century who has performed almost all the concertos in the repertoire .
Would like her to take on Schoenberg or Carter to name just a couple composers that have written masterpieces of the genre. As to the goat, who cares? Plenty of talent to go around. Would go see yuja or yb if they programmed something different. Bartok #2 is a fav but I've listened to it so many times that is has lost its luster.
I think he was on his phone. He puts on his glasses before his head drops and then when he brings it back up a few minutes later his glasses are off and he's paying attention.
And here we are, arguing which piano work is the hardest. If it makes one fall asleep in the middle of listening to it, what's the point? Never heard of anyone fall asleep listening to Rach 2. Maybe because technical difficulty isn't the priority there?
If I remember correctly she referred to the Bartok as "sadistic." I believe that describes it very well, as stunning as it is. Ms. Wang is one of the few pianists that can really do it justice, in my subjective opinion. Love it, love her.
Her singular blend of technical prowess, keen musical insight, and emotional depth have established Yuja Wang as one of the world’s finest performers. "Charismatic", "breathtaking", "flawless" and "heartfelt" are just a selection of the superlatives used frequently by critics worldwide. 13:24 Source: Medici tv
I still recall my astonishment with this concerto listening to its first UK broadcast, I think 1946. Totally absorbing, all through, much to my traditional pianist father's disgust. But I am bowled over by this beautifully filmed performance, so closely following the cues, as much as I am by the superb performance. It is as exciting as it was all those years ago. What an upload!
BARTOK, I don’t believe I’m familiar with any of his music, but this composition was dynamic, very emotional, with its many discord’s, and inflections, like a angry man, mad, and depressed, at life, this was in many ways a very complex piece…and of course expertly played by the incomparable Yuja Wang, accompanied by a very accomplished orchestra, Thank you, I enjoyed this very much…Peace!
I grew up in Hungary, and we studied music quite extensively as part of compulsory education. It was always Kodaly and Bartok who were talked about. Many of the music books were written by them. Internationally, Kodaly is more known for his music education methods, while Bartok is for the music he composed, but they spent a really big part of their productive years travelling the countryside of Hungary and former Hungary with Hungarian speaking population, to collect Hungarian folk music. Long after Bartok's death, there was an interview with Kodaly, who said, that Bartok was a real idealist, driven by negativity, unhappiness and frustration with everything, yet had the determination to fix those things. Glad to hear that you enjoyed his music!
You only realize how great this concerto really is until you hear so many of the wannabes from the past hundred years. Bartok was a giant. The rest of us are mere mortals.
The significance of Béla Bartók lies in four major areas of music-composition, performance, pedagogy, and ethnomusicology. 21:31 Bartók's style in his art music compositions was a synthesis of folk music, classicism, and modernism. His melodic and harmonic sense was profoundly influenced by the folk music of Hungary, Romania, and other nations. Sources: Britannica; Lumen Learning
That quintal harmony at the beginning of the second movement (9:41) always gives me chills. Quintal harmony just sounds so good with strings. Ligeti's piano concerto is my favorite but this is a close second.
@@fido652 Harmony based on fifths. So having chords built on just fifths (instead of the common triad) and moving through a key center with those voicings. There's also quartal harmony which is based on fourths. For example the first three chords in the strings in movement 2 are: Fmajor( F C G D A E)- Gsus( G D A C G D)- Fmajor(F C G D A E) , if you look at the notes in the chords they are all a 5th apart from each other. Hence quintal harmony. This kind of harmony produces a really open and resonant sound.
Yuja Wang has got an incredible talent, she plays this terrificly difficult piano concerto with maestria, power and virtuosity. This piece does not please to everyone, it is not as famous or "beautiful" as Rachmaninov, Liszt or Thaikovsky's concertos, but we can admire the talent of both the pianist and the orchestra. Whether this concerto is beautiful to listen to or not is just a matter of taste. Anyway congratulations to the artists who are genius!
This is a particularly superb performance of this great work, she reveals the complex contrapuntal lines in the piano part. There is a performance surviving in part from 1938 with Bartok at the keyboard and Ansermet conducting, shows how to play it. Bartok gave another defining performance of this work in 1940 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Rodzinski. Unfortunately, that performance has not survived in recorded form.
Her playing the pjano with high heels??? I can’t even do that with low ones No but fr this is some truly amazing stuff happening that my mind can’t wrap my mind around
I’m not sure why more people don’t mention or seem to notice this: this piece is unique for the fact the strings are completely silent in the first movement. I have seen it performed live and somehow it escaped notice. It wasn’t until I looked at the full score that I noticed. It shows what a genius can do with clever orchestration. The fact this movement is so exciting, dynamic and rich in sound is what amazes me. She plays it well, but others play it with more power, in my opinion. Bronfman is about three times bigger and that extra weight pays off in bigger sound.
One of my favorite concertos superbly played. Interpretation spot on with pianist and orchestra. One of my favorite moments is a very simple choice they made. The final chord is held a split second longer than I've ever heard it and wow it was a great choice.
Ahh finally after scrolling through a bunch of videos with really good editing and content falsely claiming the hardest piano piece, I have finally stumbled upon something truly ridiculously difficult.
Wang has deepened her structural approach to this important work, apparently conceived as being partly a concerto for the orchestra or type of concerto grosso in many sections but 3 marked movements. Happily Rattle does not drive the orchestra but allows the whole experience to be a proper sharing of wonderful sounds. There is an archive recording of the composer preparing a performance of No 2 in which the sectional construction and intentions are evident. As the recording quality is atrocious all we can get from it are these guidelines. Perhaps Ms Wang's deep Bartok studies included hearing that archive.
No, she worked very hard to even get there the hours of training and muscle memory. They also had to be all in sync too, so imagine how long it took for them get to this point. So just calling her a genius means not recognising the her efforts, i know you mean well im not trying to go against you or anything but im just letting you know thats all and i hope u have a good day
@@meat8054 If you were properly trained, are dedicated, and spent many many hours honing your technique this is still hard, but quite achievable (by those many who were dedicated enough). Think about Bartok first, who wrote it, and could (masterfuly, no doubt) play it.
This is such a fantastic piece! Yes, it's super difficult and it's awesome how anyone can play this but this is not some sort of vain and shallow show-off piece to show how quick your fingers are. It's really a great piece, no matter how difficult it may or may not be to play it! Bravo, Bartok!
This piece is brilliant and so is Yuja Wang. Pieces like this and Each 3 touch the soul of the performer that may never be communicable. I've never had the pleasure of viewing an interview with this amazing pianist but even Argerich couldn't find the words, in any language, to express the connection felt. I'm so glad to see and hear it.
The Adagio begins at 9:45. The strings are too quiet, you will have to turn volume all the way up. Because this is some of the greatest music ever written for strings.
Aside she played this like a non-human, but imagine making this piece? What, who, how you are a human like everyone of us and being able to come up with this music? Ok, I’m going back now to Nirvana playlist.
The quality seems much better compared to the other recording we have of Yuja playing this concerto on RU-vid. I really like her interpretation the most among any pianist. So I'm glad we have another recoding now even though I wish the volume was higher, I'll have to find a way to get around that
No surprise her interpretation is so good. Aside from her own formidable pianistic intelligence, she studied this and played it under the late and much lamented Zoltán Kocsis; who knew Bartok as few do!
Samuel: You might enjoy the CD recording with Bronfman/Salonen/Los Angeles Philharmonic. I see it’s been uploaded to RU-vid. Here’s the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ztlSqwq7Si4.html 😎🎹
@@bloodgrss Kocsis said about Yuja, he never knew another pianist understanding and learning as fast as she did. Unfortunately the planned recording of all three Bartok concertos wasn't possible because he passed away....
@@michaelschefold3299 Yes, life does give us those unaccountable disappointments. But they touched each other, and had fun together (there is somewhere on RU-vid a joint interview with them that is delightful to see); glad they had that chance to make music together. Similar to Yuja's brief but fruitful collaboration with Claudio Abbado (at least they DID get to record). All the best to you; I have enjoyed your enthusiasm for this fine young artist, and your many opportunities to hear her live and comment intelligently on it. A pretty musically healthy person to be a fan of...👍
Everyone's got every other topic covered, so i'm gonna point out her outfit and shoes, bc goddamn girl is slaying in every aspect of her life. I'd break my ankle sitting there playing those pedals with those 😅she's amazing
Ah yes, pretty neat, I remember improvising a couple of lines and they turned out to be the first part of this piece, must've picked it up somewhere as a kid
Yuja Wang me séduit de multiples façons…, dont évidemment son grand art pianistique. Elle m’invite ici (en pensée) à aller à Budapest, en Hongrie, pour admirer Bela Bartok, sublime auteur de l’époque Autriche-Hongrie. Séduit par Yuja (et Bela), j’y vais (avec mon certificat de vaccination….!). L’ Art n’a pas de frontières.
She is coming to DC's Kennedy Ctr. in Nov to play this. I try to see her whenever she comes, but will skip it due to Bartok. It's a shame because Tarmo Peltokosky will conduct Sibelius' 1st Symphony with the NSO.
