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Yuja Wang Swung Rhapsody in Blue

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Posted on July 17, 2016 at 14:24:02
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Hear the piece a thousand times. She (and the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood) swang it with tasteful rubato etc. And stride piano!
If it ever is released, get it!

 

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RE: Yuja Wang Swung Rhapsody in Blue, posted on July 17, 2016 at 14:36:46
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 She's playing it Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl

 

RE: Yuja Wang Swung Rhapsody in Blue, posted on July 17, 2016 at 16:17:39
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 go!

 

RE: Yuja Wang Swung Rhapsody in Blue, posted on July 17, 2016 at 17:33:16
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 oh, I am.

 

RE: Yuja Wang Swung Rhapsody in Blue, posted on July 18, 2016 at 07:41:53
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 We heard her play RIB at a shockingly poorly attended concert at Wolf Trap on July 8. She was great, especially considering that she also played the Ravel concerto. I did fear for her dignity, though, as she wobbled across the stage in ridiculous spike heels.

Happy listening,

Jim

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- Brian Eno

 

Makoto Ozone/SF Sym-best I've heard., posted on July 18, 2016 at 21:14:07
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 And I've heard a lot of 'em.

 

His performance with the NYPO is available on uTube, posted on July 19, 2016 at 09:06:56
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 Lots o' departures from the text (Ooh! he's improvising!) - which I imagine some folks will appreciate more than others will. For instance, consider that all Ozone's improvising really does change the proportions in the work (aaak! the structure!), and I guess each listener will have to decide how he/she feels about that. It seems to me that Ozone's performance could mainly be for listeners who have heard the work once too often! ;-)

 

RE: His performance with the NYPO is available on uTube, posted on July 19, 2016 at 11:01:59
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 Yes, his whole point was to Improvise.
The whole piece is like a written Improv anyway, IMO...
He was great on the 2 Concerts I played.
And some of the really fast, technical stuff he did better and cleaner than MTT,
and 2 others, one a French Pianist ( whose name I forget, but someone you know ), and Jeffery Khane.
Ozone was using a new VERY expensive Yamaha Piano.
He liked it so much he bought one.

Check out "Virtuosi", with Gary Burton and Ozone.
All Classical Themes they arranged, and improvised on.

He also wore a very nice silk shirt, classy, and in keeping with Pops Concerts, nothing Flashy.

 

Will try to give it a listen, posted on July 19, 2016 at 13:22:23
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 BTW, I'm not surprised he bought the Yamaha - some of those Yamahas can sound fabulous IMHO.

 

He said he could hear himself better when playing with Symphonys. nt, posted on July 19, 2016 at 16:49:06
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"Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books, posted on July 23, 2016 at 16:19:11
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 Not sure I agree with Mr. Swed on the relative merits of the two concertos. I perosnlly thought the Ravel was actually the *more* exceptional of the two. But they were both magnificent in my humble ever so biased opinion.

 

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