CONCERT
Carnegie Hall
Yuja Wang
Tonight's concert features some of the most monumental works in the piano literature. Known for their breadth and technical demand, this repertoire stretches the performer in all capacities, offering numerous opportunities to showcase control, technical prowess, range of color, and emotional depth.
Prokofiev, Chopin, and Stravinsky were noted not only for the difficulty of their writing, but also for their nationalistic groundings by incorporating rhythms, styles, and melodies native and unique to their respective countries. But despite their musical patriotism, each composer is also acknowledged and recognized for cultivating a distinctive and inimitable sound world that would influence all others after them. Paired alongside these standard works is Nikolai Kapustin's soulful and colorful Variations for Piano, in which he presents classical and jazz techniques in tandem.
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Prokofiev, Chopin, and Stravinsky were noted not only for the difficulty of their writing, but also for their nationalistic groundings by incorporating rhythms, styles, and melodies native and unique to their respective countries. But despite their musical patriotism, each composer is also acknowledged and recognized for cultivating a distinctive and inimitable sound world that would influence all others after them. Paired alongside these standard works is Nikolai Kapustin's soulful and colorful Variations for Piano, in which he presents classical and jazz techniques in tandem.
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Carnegie Hall is unique. The lobby of Carnegie Hall opens right onto 57th Street while Avery Fisher Hall has a Grand Plaza with a massive fountain, the Koch Theater, and the Metropolitan Opera at its front door.
A solitary piano with a solitary pianist on the Carnegie Hall stage places an intense focus upon an artist. This young pianist carried it off with flair. In the first half of the recital she wore "The Little Red Dress."
She played the following as one of her FIVE encores.
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