Yuja Wang - Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Mvmt 3

[fredericfranc]

...you have to be a bad girl to sound right in this concerto. No way is Yuja a bad girl, she can't even fake it. Martha you-know-who does not have to fake anything...God, Martha, I did not know you were so bad in that way, it took Yuja to have me realize it, I am SO SHOCKED...

[B876539]

The only reason I looked at this vid is cause I saw a good looking girl in red. You really have to be advanced to play Prokofiev. I don't understand this composer and it is not an easy listen.

[springkler]

2:15 What are the 2 using?A string instrument?Because they are look like there using the wrong thing there holding while playing.From the picture from the hand its like a red stick.Like a wire for the battery.ITt looks like it supposed to have a string kind of stick instrument.

[pianofan24]

This version sounds increasingly robotic by the moment. All flash, no charm. Too fast at certain points... and completely without expression or articulation. To all who are new to this concerto: Hear Martha Argerich to truly enjoy what a gem of a piece this is, and hear Prokofiev's own recording. Two very different interpretations but both absolutely lovely and not mechanical like this one!

[Monkeyman2357]

When I asked my dad about the birds and bees, he simply said....YUJA WANG!!!

[muscimath]

Saint-Saens is playing with the Orchestra @8:44.. hahaha

[springkler]

@muscimath Whos Saint-Saens?What the hell are you saying.

[korlock3000]

@springkler I'd look up stuff before asking lol. You sound like an idiot.

[vortex481]

Bravo!

[1Thompsonmusic]

This is no where near as good as Simon Rattle and Ian Munro.

[juble3]

@springkler You know him?

[nuevopianista]

i love yuja wang

[springkler]

The 3rd part is the best!

[vortex481]

Bravo!

[steve024999]

is this some kind of sick nightmere or did this really just happen ? i think my head exploded

[sAmThEdArKlOrD1]

I thought the sextuplet in the fourth beat of the nineteenth measure on the eighth page was a tad too molto allegro non trappa, but maybe that's just because I grew up listening to Randy Newman's version. I guess I imagined it a tad more scherzo in the downbeat and more mezzomezzomezzo forte in the tied notes.

[avandesande]

Dear tempo nazis,

Nobody cares!

[RodionRomanovich6]

Exelente!!!!!!

[TheWindfreedom]

Ok that 's enough I m in love

[Guh1244]

can someone tell this ignorant pianist (me) who that wonderful conductor is?

[coolpaek]

@Guh1244 Claudio Abbado

[TheHankster30]

This girl plays like a tiger!

[PaulThePuppetier]

@TheHankster30 she IS a tiger,if you get what I mean

[201400315]

피아노의 연주의 최고봉이라 할 연주를 봤습니다. 오랜사학끝에 이루어지는 열매이지요

잘 듣고 감명했습니다.

미국 필라에서 이 창 렬 드림

[1blairt]

She also has Martha's lips!

[jenushka123]

7:10



[merkosur]

Lucerne Festival Orchestra (EuroArts)



[merkosur]

not RAI

[mr11]

Online critics ...

[KingAcosta28]

asian suck period

[darkmillenium0000]

Which orchestra is this playing with Abbado?

[mr11]

@darkmillenium0000 RAI Orchestra, Italia

[NotaChewToy]

Wonderful!



[organboi]

I'm a big admirer of Ms. Wang, but this is just TOO FAST. It's killing the piece. She is just showing off with this tempo. You all may not agree, but it's completely frantic in the orchestra. You cant hear individual notes in the orchestra. Everybody's working too hard and it all comes across as self-serving. Where is Prokofiev in all this? Kissin and Ashkenazy certainly knew better. This is just INSANE. Yuja should save her fast chops for encore pieces and not override composers' intentions.

[curlysue27]

@organboi have you heard Argerich's versions?! this is perfect tempo..

[cheradinine8]

@curlysue27 I love Argerich playing Prokofiev... Sir Charles Groves called her, "The Stirling Moss of concert pianists "and her ability to play at great speed serves her well in the works of Rachmaninov and Prokofiev...

[darkkerrigan]

@organboi rofl omg..if you think THIS is too fast, go listen to Martha Argerich! You would die then..lol.

[pianofan24]

@darkkerrigan That is incorrect. There are parts where Martha Argerich is slower (and the better for it). This version at points sounds like a machine pounding at an instrument... it is flashy but completely invariant. Of course, no one can match M.A. in the ending... super human virtuosity and interpretation!

[pjfraker]

As for the crickets, I agree. It's a well-heeled European audience and she was probably unknown to most of them. I saw her play at Carnegie Hall last month and there was no lack of enthusiasm.



[pjfraker]

This is a performance with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, an ensemble that Abbado has essentially hand-picked from top orchestral musicians around Europe. 2010 performance, I think.

[jrpim17]

Grandiose !

[fcg2367]

Very nice performance.

[mesondehimiko]

Is this conductor Claudio Abbado? Also, what is this orchestra and when was this performance?

[cheradinine8]

@mesondehimiko Yep Claudio Abbado..

[ice2climber]

The violinist looks like Tarantino.

[UltimateCellist]

Why is the music sideways at like 8:02?? :P

[Cissy97]

This orange dress is really nice.

Plays exceedingly well, too.

[lagunagreg]

The opening shows a wonderful rhythmic restraint, and the ending packs such a wallop! It's supposed to sound like an off-kilter dance, and it does! Great music making!!!

[Vuurwerki]

This is the best interpretation I've heard in my life. I sit here on my chair and cant move if I listen to it, because its so wonderful.

[TaiMaiShu0k]

lotta virgins in that orchestra...

[freeqwerqwer]

I'm glad i didn't go the live concert to hear her version of Prokofief's 3rd concerto. She does it a bit fast for my taste plus she plays it a bit too circus like

[curlysue27]

She is simply superb.

[DazyZ]

I love this pianist's evident passion in the piece and the way her hands move. This piece is just absolutely my all time favorite piano concerto, it absolutely floors and moves me to tears. Yuja Wang is a pleasure to watch perform though, so glad to have seen this clip! Thanks to whomever posted it!

[iamericnguyen]

please come to Houston, USA.

[freeskate123]

Great SONG!

[organboi]

@freeskate123 It's not a song. It's a piece. Songs are for singers and don't usually last 30 minutes.

[kybo61]

You can't hardly hear her. It's a shame.

[shlomzion]

SUUUUUPERRRRRB!

[cheradinine8]

I am heartily sick of the idiots who refer to great music as songs... A song not only requires a voice, but is rarely seen on classical youtube posts...

[TheFanwindow]

@cheradinine8 It is this attitude, right here, right in your comment, that makes me wish I didn't love classical music so much so that I wouldn't have to be exposed to such a disgusting level of pretentiousness. I understand youtube is an incubator for bacteria like your comment to squirm itself into words, but I see it even in everyday life. It sucks.

A gentle reminder of the vocabulary you'd prefer people to use would be appropriate, maybe, rather than the nastiness you just secreted.

[organboi]

@TheFanwindow Holy crap! You just spewed that nasty venom against someone, and then you make a call for politeness. Such hypocrisy. Talk about pretentiousness. If I had a choice as to who to have dinner with one night it sure wouldn't be you, but rather the person whom you just crucified for the "song" comment. His or her comment was truthful. It really isn't a song, nor is it a question about "vocabulary preference." It's just wrong. A song is for singers and doesn't last 30 mins.

[TheFanwindow]

@organboi "I am heartily sick of the idiots..." That's what I was responding to.

I spew nasty venom in response to someone being an ass. I viewed his "idiots" comment as an asshole-ish thing to say. I didn't, for example, respond to your comment before that that was talking about song vs. piece because there was nothing mean about it, and the argument is worth close to nothing anyway.

That you view as "truthful" the sentiment that ppl. are idiots who use song instead of piece is worrisome.

[cheradinine8]

@TheFanwindow I should have said "ignorant idiots " then you could have felt included... Your general attitude is what is most worrisome... Surely correct definitions of words is important, and "spewing nasty venom"childish... Let us discuss Prokofiev and his music, and use correct terminology in doing so. Bye...

[TheFanwindow]

@cheradinine8 Perpetuating this inane discussion is what is childish, on your part, organboi's part, and especially mine. I was having a bad day, okay? It's a pet peeve of mine when people correct words like that, justified or not, and I took it out on you. I'm sorry for that. I swear to god on youtube people, including myself, can be the rudest people ever, and I'm trying to stop contributing to it. It's my fault in the beginning, though, starting such a pointless exchange, & again, I'm sorry.

[cheradinine8]

@TheFanwindow O.K. I can be a mean bastard too. :-)...

[TheFanwindow]

@organboi As far as you not wanting to eat dinner with me, I suggest you leave such personal, juvenile attacks out for the sake of taking yourself seriously. Meditate, have some tea, and come back when you can comment like someone that doesn't base his/her dinner decisions on a youtube comment.

[organboi]

@TheFanwindow Haha! You talk about personal, juvenile attacks? Note your own words, "I wouldn't have to be exposed to such a disgusting level of pretentiousness. I understand youtube is an incubator for bacteria like your comment to squirm itself into words." Just because a person got tired of seeing multiple postings about a "song" and used the word "idiots" does not warrant a personal attack from you. Note the comment wasn't a direct reply. Yours was. You're a mean person. Bye.

[TheFanwindow]

@organboi Ooo, someone has control issues. Ending the conversation with a "bye," labeling someone's character so quickly and definitively. And if you want me to note my own words, go ahead and do yours as well. Just because someone is annoyed with another's comment doesn't warrant a bitch parade from yourself. Nevertheless, I'm sure you're just letting off steam, and your sensitivities aren't this easily riled up in reality. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

[cheradinine8]

@TheFanwindow I am much afraid that in your case there is no doubt to be given the benefit of... You are a ( insert suitable pejorative here ) Organboi seems to be an eminently reasonable person... Bye...

[cheradinine8]

@TheFanwindow Really, talk about the pot calling the kettle black... Your extreme nastiness is uncalled for and the height of rudeness... Fortunately I am thick skinned and had you not been so horrible, I would probably not have bothered to reply at all... Prokofiev did write some great songs, but most of them seem to be in his Operas... Less power to you...

[organboi]

@cheradinine8 I completely agree. Don't listen to that bastard who just crucified you for your honest comment. Calling Prokofiev's Third concerto a "song" was a bit much to take. Even I commented on it.

[cheradinine8]

@organboi Thanks... I love Yuja's red dress and Claudio's impeccable scoreless conducting... Prokofiev did write some great songs, but most of them seem to be in his operas... Isn't the Rachmaninoff joke just priceless?...

[bfjk1]

@cheradinine8 Song? Piece? How much does it really matter what somebody calls it? I met that Mr. S.P. would be pleased to discover that one more person has come to his music. And, maybe using the word "song" shows that this person is new to this kind of music, and this might please Mr. S.P. even more.

Ridicule such listeners in public? They might conclude, "These people don't like me. I'm getting out of here!" and they might move away from such music, which is sad.

[organboi]

What's with the crickets and golf applause at the end? And why did the camera guy not show her hands at the end? Imbecile producers. Who would NOT show her hands at the end? That's such a notorious passage.

[corean3polar]

@organboi

I agree with you. I was very disappointed by the applause at the end. I hope people realize that a live performance can't get better than this. This is one of the best ensembles I've ever heard.

[archiloquedenaxos]

@corean3polar & organboi....I agree the applause was a bit restrained,but I prefer to imagine that the audience was so STUNNED and SPEECHLESS and EMOTIONALLY ASSAULTED by the music, that it took them a full minute to get back to their senses, by which time the cameras had called "CUT".....!

[davidbaker03]

@corean3polar its because the energy is low

[corean3polar]

@davidbaker03

@davidbaker03

agree to disagree.

I actually bought the DVD and listened to the whole thing including the applause at the end. I have to say the sound quality for this video on youtube doesn't do justice to the actual recording. Also, the applause does get loud and by her second appearance on stage, there's a raving applause.

An interesting note, Simon Rattle attended this concert, which concluded with Mahler Symphony No. 1.

[WJE37FCSM]

@corean3polar I'm glad to hear that. I'm awaiting mine and in anticipation tweaking the surround sound setup. That said, how is it every time I see and hear someone with explosive talent display their skills the first words out of my mouth are "holy @#&%?"

[slateflash]

@organboi haha i would've wanted them to just focus on her hands for the entire coda

[BFL0W]

@organboi My thoughts entirely !!!

[organboi]

Perfect tempo. You can finally hear the harmonies. Martha Argerich and others who take this movement too fast are out of their minds.

[superjam18]

you have to have forearms like popeye to play this

[organboi]

@superjam18 One doesn't need "forearms like Popeye"- just coordination of all the natural forces we use in every day life, primarily gravity. Does this lovely woman have bulging forearms?

[superjam18]

@organboi well they arent bulging but they are obviously developed I can see the definition in them. I have a friend that was a snare drummer for his school and he has some pretty developed forearms

[jositaJea]

this conductor's manners are epic

[Piyaphob]

What I love so much about this performance is how the whole orchestra is so into the music! Very clearly at 6:46!!!!!!!

[abmsghost1]

@Piyaphob Exactly.

[lillagah]

@Piyaphob i know! they look like an ocean. all the swaying :]

[985Carlo985]

@Piyaphob it's easy with Abbado :)

[hashalibi]

Very nice!!!

[trainchugger53]

Yuja Wang: The First Classical Porn Star

Hey, if you need any proof, look at her dresses.

[organboi]

@trainchugger53 stupid comment. Not welcomed here.

[leofracassi]

playing this song must be like killing bill

[organboi]

@leofracassi It's not a "song," but a "piece."

[leofracassi]

I love the way both she and Argerich finalize their performance. It's something like "I DID IT, GODDAMIT"

[BassicStorm]

Yuja ROX

[curlysue27]

awesome pianist. 

[curlysue27]

perfect tempo actually...

[curlysue27]

beautiful clear pianist. 

[mrpolaroid123]

@MrBrobdingnagian If Prokofiev had just hear that performance i think he'd have gone, FUCK! Wow. HOLY SHIT!

You get the idea

I DID!

[slaytesics]

@MrBrobdingnagian Also, you realize I am 16 and you're 67, so serious generational difference going on here. I appreciate the music just as much as you do (infact, I write it, proof being on my youtube channel) so what if I use vulgarity? I realize that this piece is fantastic, and it's my right to express how I feel about it.

[slaytesics]

@MrBrobdingnagian apparently lady gaga is a fantastic pianist (not yuja, but definitely talented)

[slaytesics]

@MrBrobdingnagian I wood (hahaha, see what I did there? pun) but you're already there. If you're honestly offended by me using the word "fuck" you clearly have bigger problems then myself. I never intended it as an insult. I intended it in a comical sense.

[slaytesics]

@MrBrobdingnagian Dude, I love this concerto, I was appreciating the awesomeness of this. Not only have you tried to degrade me, you have insulted a composer, and people who listen to rock. Come back when you're cultured.

[TribalSooz]

uh...you don't...thus...no music...it's easier for the orchestra...long legato passages even even when it seems "frenetic" the pianist is STILL playing more notes than them! Just sayin'.....

[mcrettable]

WOW . FANTASTIC!!!

[dasteufelhund]

Aw damn....no cross hand????

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@dasteufelhund I was thinking the same thing! Her method doesn't even give the same effect. You can barely hear when she's playing it.

[organboi]

@dasteufelhund What are you talking about? The double note passage in the coda? I thought she did.

[ShabalinK]

i don't like her interpretation. Flawless but cold playing. The connection between pianist and the orchestra isn't perfect. The orchestra is excellent, but she isn't. My mark is 4.

[missymoosical]

@ShabalinK

You're allowed to dislike a performance, but only once you can play with half her skill can you so pretentiously give her a mark.

[ShabalinK]

@missymoosical

Why can't I?))) This is very strange method. In such case we can't analyze all types of arts, can we?

Listen for example Kissin&Ashkenazy, Spivakov&Matsuev, Postnikova&Rozhdestvenksy and compare.)) And this is only Russian pianists.))There are so many good pianists and performances.

[organboi]

@missymoosical No. You're not allowed to make childish rules as to who can dislike a performance or not. Why do all you people make a provision that the commenter has to be able to play the piece as well as the performer before offering an opinion? What on earth is that about? Stop making up your own rules.

[MsPrinceoftennis]

what a crappy audience! no one even shouted Bravo!

[RLviddy]

What's with all this "woman pianist" stuff? She's a pianist. You wouldn't say "man pianist."

[Jolteon206]

7:12

[avrilrules96]

I will listen to this over and over again just to hear that magnificent ending

[rigel48]

She has not quite Martha Argerich's power and rich sound, but it is still very good.

[StrawberryTwin002]

Wow what a great orchestra and amazing pianist!! Their musical skills are all great :)

[iansquared3]

she plays it very, very well, but this performance is most notable for me because of the AWESOME orchestra! they play so excelently!

[680stp]

impressive but NOT Marta!

[guigodoipiano]

Abbado is conducting by memory....... :0

[FouneDeCombat]

@mikejr41387 replace 'sounds like' with 'resemble' and the sentence magically sounds less pretentious !

[utubuser10]

the texture is so clear in this rendition. this is a marvelous interpretation, so well wrought, nothing superfluous, and the music becomes front and center.

[dreamscantabile]

This video playblack on 1.25-1.5x speed!!

No one knows?????

[arcturian627]

Beautiful!!! :DD 

[mikejr41387]

she sounds like a student compared to argerich

[utubuser10]

@mikejr41387 WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

[mikejr41387]

@utubuser10 just my opinion i guess! for me, no one can play this piece like martha can. obviously yuja is talented.

[MandoMohan]

This is wonderful.

I do sometimes, though, prefer the more relaxed presentation of the older performer whose breathing is less precisely metronomic.

This is still a brilliant performance, nonetheless.

[GloriaRulz310]

unbelievable... she's amazing, one of the best pianist's i've ever heard. she gave me goosebumps from the first note. if anyone ever says she has no emotion or skill, then tht person has no right to judge or listen to music XD She's brilliant <3

[aizendarwin]

My 2nd best woman pianist....next to Argerich

[brandonscherrer]

Breathtaking interpretation!

[30inventionman]

This is someones fucking bad day at work! Fuck I feel ya!

[Pianista061292]

@ereticimoderni I've watched it

[521Weiwei]

OMG OMG!!! I LOVE HER I LOVE HER! SHE SHOWS OUR WOMEN'S POWER!!!

[Pianista061292]

I'm not trying to offend Yuja Wang, but I prefer most Martha Argerich, but still, awesome performance! :)

[darrenabcd1]

She's so like Agerich!

[kittydukakis]

@darrenabcd1 I think her tone is more like Horowitz. But, her playing is more "masculine".

[chobeethaninov]

Great energy!! Yuja does so well with Prokofiev.

[musicfanof]

shes so fine!!! and that only adds to the performance of an already great work. can't say it matches some of my favorites but still amazing!

[BFL0W]

omg... what a CUTIE.

[arvalentin]

she looks like liu kang from mortal kombat...

[markmarshall39]

2 people are deaf:)

[yosoybabalu]

muy bello, pense q no le daria la talla a la Argerich, pero li hizo muy bn



[KearneyPiano]

I hate it that I love this one more than Argerichs by a MILE

[MrStrav81]

I like how she did the cluster glissandos. My fingering for it is a bit awkward. It looked right when she played it.

[Desmonddd2002]

this performance is a bit mental.....like prokofiev ;P

[jositaJea]

@ 7:58 coolest bassoon player ever :]

[achih2]

amazing, amazing...I gonna to cry........

[galapz]

It sounds ok here but i the hall you could not hear her.

[beakt]

I wonder if Prokofiev ever imagined a smoking hot 22 year old Asian babe tearing up the keyboard with this piece when he was writing it!

[richivinsky]

@beakt couldn't have said it better myself

[TaterGumfries]

@beakt Back in his days they didn't have Asian babes. They had Oriental lasses, though.