Yuja Wang Improvises!
One of the movements of Mozart’s most famous piano sonatas carries the title: “Alla Turca”, meaning “in a Turkish style. As an encore at one of her many world-wide recitals, pianist Yuja Wang played an …
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Clarinet Sonata #2 by Johannes Brahms
Upon listening to the clarinetist Richard Mülhfeld play, Johannes Brahms became so enthusiastic about the clarinet’s possibilities that he began writing chamber works for him. Brahms was always particularly fond of the female alto voice, …
Andreas Ottensamer and Yuja Wang Play for You
Take two world-class musicians, put them on a joint stage, and ask them to play some Romantic music by Mendelssohn, and what do you get? Here are Yuja and Andreas to play for you the …
Yuja Wang Performs the Schumann Piano Concerto
The Piano Concerto by Robert Schumann began life as a Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra in one movement. The Fantasy was Schumann’s first completed work for piano and orchestra; he had made four earlier attempts …
Yuja Wang Plays “Vocalise” by Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov’s Vocalise was originally written for voice and orchestra as the final piece in his ‘Fourteen Songs’, Op. 34. But because the piece has no text and can be sung to a vowel the singer …