Russian composer Rachmaninoff's piano and orchestra works are known for their high skill and difficulty. The 35-year-old Chinese pianist Wang Yujia will challenge his five piano works in one breath.
Carnegie Hall in New York, USA has just officially announced the 2022/2023 performance season. Among them, the "Lach Special" with Wang Yujia as a soloist has attracted much attention - at 2 pm on January 28, 2023, at conductor Yannick's performance With the baton and the Philadelphia Orchestra on the same stage, Yuja Wang will challenge Rach's five piano and orchestra works in one breath, including four piano concertos and "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", during which there will be two intermissions.
Carnegie Hall described Wang Yuja as a superstar, and recommended this once-in-a-lifetime, marathon concert as a highlight, "This is a rare and must-see concert."
When the news came to China, music fans were stunned by this "big move" released by Yuja Wang.
"Aren't you going to collapse? This is Lahe!" "Super Saiyan, his fighting power is on the table" "Steel female warrior, worthy of being a good sister"... Music fans were surprised at Wang Yujia's good physical strength, and they shouted, "Ears are all over the place." It's going to be a cramp."
"After a game, she will play for about 150 minutes, not including the intermission." Music critic Li Yanhuan, referring to Wang Yujia's previous recordings of Lahe's works, gave The Paper reporter such a timetable, and said with a smile, "Just Tired of thinking about it."
"Rach himself is a highly skilled pianist, and each of his piano concertos requires very high skills for the pianist. In terms of real hard skills, 'La San' is the most difficult of the four works. "Li Yanhuan said.
"La San" is known as "the most difficult piano concerto in the world". The composer tried to make the piano match the orchestral power of the entire orchestra by himself, making it occupy most of the voice and expressive power in the repertoire, almost approaching The limit of the piano playing power.
The creation of the four concertos ran through Rach's life, and the style span was relatively large.
"'La Yi' is the product of his student days; 'La 2' and 'La 3' are his most mature works and the works when he was most energetic in his creation; when he created 'La Four', he had already arrived in the United States, in order to Survival has long lived as a pianist, and the number of creations has decreased. The first three are typical romantic works, and the fourth is completely different. It is a work of the 20th century and has a spirit of innovation. "
Although the difficulty was great, Li Yanhuan felt that Wang Yuja was determined to accept this challenge, and Li Yanhuan felt that it was reasonable and believed that the other party was fighting a prepared battle.
For example, the most popular "La 2" and "La 3" in the four concertos have long been the repertoires of Wang Yujia's expertise. As early as 2011, 24-year-old Yuja Wang recorded "La II" with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Abbado. In 2013, the 26-year-old Yuja Wang recorded "La San" with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dudamel. Both records were released by DG Worldwide.
Since his debut, Yuja Wang has interpreted these two works more than once on the international stage and large-scale music festivals, and his petite body burst out with amazing energy. In October 2019, at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Yuja Wang also shared the stage with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, "The Teacher of the King", and dedicated "La San" to the Shanghai audience, which is still fresh in the memory.
"Only 'La Si', I haven't heard her perform, whether it's audio or video." Li Yanhuan believes that Wang Yujia is capable of performing four concertos at a time, not overnight, but the result of accumulation. She has accumulated more than a dozen concertos. Years, a result of more than ten years of hard work.
"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" is also a late work of Rach. This work is based on Paganini's 24 Capriccios for violin, and was created using the musical theme of the 24th Capriccio. It expresses the composer's personal style with brilliant skills, and in the beautiful melody, it is hidden. Contains the never-fading "Russian blues". In the circle, everyone is used to calling it "pull five".
Before that, some pianists divided Rach's five piano works in two and performed them in two performances in one day. In December 2015, under the leadership of Gergiev, the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra took the stage at the National Grand Theater in Beijing, and in two days, presented Rach's "Musical Journey" in a panoramic view - among which, five pianos The work is performed by four pianists including Sun Yingdi, Li Zhuoyu, Daniel Karitonov and Lucas Debag.
It is rare on the international stage to challenge Rach's five piano works at one time like Yuja Wang. Some people also questioned that concerts are not sports competitions. Does it make sense to run a marathon like this?
Some music fans believe that the significance lies in the ability to look at the composer's creative background and life story in this genre in a short period of time, "Listening to a composer's full set of works is like watching a grand building on an airplane. Is there anything more meaningful than having an audience with God's perspective? A few hours, a lifetime of understanding."
Li Yanhuan also believes, "First, you can focus on the composer's creative veins; second, you can also see how a pianist wanders between several works of different styles at the same time."
Since the epidemic, as one of the most active and popular world-class pianists among the "post-80s", Yuja Wang has been performing in Europe and the United States. In July this year, she originally planned to return to China to perform at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. If the show goes well, she will bring works by Nicola Kapustin, Scriabin, Albeniz and others.
Carnegie Hall in New York, USA has just officially announced the 2022/2023 performance season. Among them, the "Lach Special" with Wang Yujia as a soloist has attracted much attention - at 2 pm on January 28, 2023, at conductor Yannick's performance With the baton and the Philadelphia Orchestra on the same stage, Yuja Wang will challenge Rach's five piano and orchestra works in one breath, including four piano concertos and "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", during which there will be two intermissions.
Carnegie Hall described Wang Yuja as a superstar, and recommended this once-in-a-lifetime, marathon concert as a highlight, "This is a rare and must-see concert."
When the news came to China, music fans were stunned by this "big move" released by Yuja Wang.
"Aren't you going to collapse? This is Lahe!" "Super Saiyan, his fighting power is on the table" "Steel female warrior, worthy of being a good sister"... Music fans were surprised at Wang Yujia's good physical strength, and they shouted, "Ears are all over the place." It's going to be a cramp."
"After a game, she will play for about 150 minutes, not including the intermission." Music critic Li Yanhuan, referring to Wang Yujia's previous recordings of Lahe's works, gave The Paper reporter such a timetable, and said with a smile, "Just Tired of thinking about it."
"La II" recorded by the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yuja Wang and Abbado
"La San" recorded by the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuja Wang and Dudamel
Not just physical challenges, but also technical difficulties."Rach himself is a highly skilled pianist, and each of his piano concertos requires very high skills for the pianist. In terms of real hard skills, 'La San' is the most difficult of the four works. "Li Yanhuan said.
"La San" is known as "the most difficult piano concerto in the world". The composer tried to make the piano match the orchestral power of the entire orchestra by himself, making it occupy most of the voice and expressive power in the repertoire, almost approaching The limit of the piano playing power.
The creation of the four concertos ran through Rach's life, and the style span was relatively large.
"'La Yi' is the product of his student days; 'La 2' and 'La 3' are his most mature works and the works when he was most energetic in his creation; when he created 'La Four', he had already arrived in the United States, in order to Survival has long lived as a pianist, and the number of creations has decreased. The first three are typical romantic works, and the fourth is completely different. It is a work of the 20th century and has a spirit of innovation. "
Although the difficulty was great, Li Yanhuan felt that Wang Yuja was determined to accept this challenge, and Li Yanhuan felt that it was reasonable and believed that the other party was fighting a prepared battle.
For example, the most popular "La 2" and "La 3" in the four concertos have long been the repertoires of Wang Yujia's expertise. As early as 2011, 24-year-old Yuja Wang recorded "La II" with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducted by Abbado. In 2013, the 26-year-old Yuja Wang recorded "La San" with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dudamel. Both records were released by DG Worldwide.
Since his debut, Yuja Wang has interpreted these two works more than once on the international stage and large-scale music festivals, and his petite body burst out with amazing energy. In October 2019, at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Yuja Wang also shared the stage with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, "The Teacher of the King", and dedicated "La San" to the Shanghai audience, which is still fresh in the memory.
November 2017, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Yuja Wang and the Berlin Philharmonic on the same stage
October 2019, Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Yuja Wang and Vienna Philharmonic on the same stage
This year, Yuja Wang, who has been traveling on the European and American stages, regarded "pull one" as a must-play. In the past February, she collaborated with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Bichkov in "Pull One"."Only 'La Si', I haven't heard her perform, whether it's audio or video." Li Yanhuan believes that Wang Yujia is capable of performing four concertos at a time, not overnight, but the result of accumulation. She has accumulated more than a dozen concertos. Years, a result of more than ten years of hard work.
"Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" is also a late work of Rach. This work is based on Paganini's 24 Capriccios for violin, and was created using the musical theme of the 24th Capriccio. It expresses the composer's personal style with brilliant skills, and in the beautiful melody, it is hidden. Contains the never-fading "Russian blues". In the circle, everyone is used to calling it "pull five".
Before that, some pianists divided Rach's five piano works in two and performed them in two performances in one day. In December 2015, under the leadership of Gergiev, the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra took the stage at the National Grand Theater in Beijing, and in two days, presented Rach's "Musical Journey" in a panoramic view - among which, five pianos The work is performed by four pianists including Sun Yingdi, Li Zhuoyu, Daniel Karitonov and Lucas Debag.
It is rare on the international stage to challenge Rach's five piano works at one time like Yuja Wang. Some people also questioned that concerts are not sports competitions. Does it make sense to run a marathon like this?
Some music fans believe that the significance lies in the ability to look at the composer's creative background and life story in this genre in a short period of time, "Listening to a composer's full set of works is like watching a grand building on an airplane. Is there anything more meaningful than having an audience with God's perspective? A few hours, a lifetime of understanding."
Li Yanhuan also believes, "First, you can focus on the composer's creative veins; second, you can also see how a pianist wanders between several works of different styles at the same time."
Since the epidemic, as one of the most active and popular world-class pianists among the "post-80s", Yuja Wang has been performing in Europe and the United States. In July this year, she originally planned to return to China to perform at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. If the show goes well, she will bring works by Nicola Kapustin, Scriabin, Albeniz and others.
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