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In Reply to: RE: Musical America's "Artist of the Year" for 2016: Yuja! posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 21, 2016 at 11:01:14
The Shostakovich concertos call for a full string section, so it doesn't seem to fit. The Poulenc has a prominent trumpet part. There is even a suggested seating plan in the score to the Aubade. Obviously, they don't follow it completely, but it might fit what there is to see in the picture. FWIW, I like the piece a lot.
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I agree with you that it's not likely to be the Shostakovitch. However, it looks from the picture as if the cellos are right in the front (with no violas in front of them), and I don't see any horns in front of the trumpet (or any woodwinds in between for that matter). Also, does Yuja play the Poulenc Aubade? I wasn't aware that she did - but of course she must be learning new repertoire all the time.
From her biography:
He (M. T. Thomas) has learned, he says, to appreciate both her serious side and her playfulness, which can erupt unexpectedly. "In the Shostakovich First Piano Concerto, there is a place where the piano sits quietly during a trumpet solo," he chuckles, "and then it interrupts with an enormous tone cluster that takes up much of the keyboard. Yuja had joked that one of these days she was going to play it with her derriere. Then, one night during the London Symphony tour, she actually did; "she stood up, turned around, and sat on the keyboard. The trumpet player lost it. It also had a big effect on the audience, but somehow the reviewer didn't seem to notice." At around the same time, he says, she was reading the Confucian Analects in the original.
Shostakovich #1, with Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. The picture is sort of an optical illusion, because it is shot at an angle, cutting out the violins that are to the left of the cellos.
Sorry, I should always remember to put the link in, since not everyone can see it when it's embedded.
Edits: 10/25/16
The gawkers are in front!
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Strings might have been reversed by the Conductor.
They are often looking for something to separate themselves from the Crowd.
Zander had some "Ideas" about the Firebird, that only HE was aware of.
I still thing it's the Shostakovich because of the Solo Tpt getting a bow, and no other winds near him in the center.
In one video, Yuja and The Tpt Player and Conductor all made their entrance together, down a long Staircase, never seen a Hall set up that way before.
Why the Strings would be reversed is anyone's guess, but the angle of the Photo is leaving out a lot of the stage, so it's impossible to tell who else might be on stage.
Or there's a piece for Piano, Tpt and Celli...
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