Yuja holds ANY amount of people in the audience absolutely spellbound. Everything about her performances exudes professional excellence matched only by her obvious JOY with what she is playing. We are lucky to be living in the same times as her. Simply bewitching !!
Not only Yuja’s extraordinary playing but also Gustavo’s interpretation and conducting combine to make this the most spectacular Rhapsody in Blue I have ever heard.
This is technically a masterpiece from the pianistic point of view. I think that Khatia Buniatishvilli’s interpretation is superior in the sense of emotional attachment. But there is no way to explain the beauty of both. Khatia and Yuja are gifts that bring the world a sense of hope for humanity.
My mother, a New Yorker, used to play the solo piano version from memory. I remember sitting under the baby Steinway and listening, entranced. Wang is such an enthusastic performer. Working on my sixth symphony now :).
Totally mesmerizing, stunning performance. Soloist and orchestra (and let's not forget the audio and camera crew) really came together and gave the crowd and online viewers a true night to remember. Even watching this via CZcams caused goosebumps multiple times. Thanks very much for sharing!
I’m an idiot just forget what I said. Criticizing a genius is impossible. I am having difficulty comprehending genius and I know why. I have finally realized how lucky I am to just be able to observe and be a witness to it…
What a thrill. Thank you so much. Mr Gershwin and Miss Wang make an extraordinary combination. He would be quite happy I imagine. Over 7 decades. Have listened to endless renditions of this. Clearly I am most taken here.
It is, as well, a testament to the absolute genius of George Gershwin who, I am sure, writing this for Paul Whiteman's Orchestra ( I believe that's right ) in 1924 never would have thought major symphony orchestras around the world would be playing this in what, next year, will be 100 years later. Such is the power of music! And a compser with a God-given gift! I had tears in my eyes.
I have played this piece in the orchestra. so many times. This is as fine as any. It finds the balance between jazz and classical music, which is what I believe Gershwin was going for.. I think sometimes she plays too fast and loses the phrasing but this is a great piece for her and she can do it! Excellent job!
She's having fun with this....look at her impish grin!!🦁😻 Looks like Schönbrunn in the background... beautiful Vienna, miss it. Happy Birthday Yuja bless from Arizona USA 🌍😽
Clearly you never played an instrument on a higher level than single note picking. After some practice this becomes muscle memory so you don't have to explicitly memorize it and when you play it you don't even think about remembering but instead just focus on performance itself. It's flow in its purest form.
Gershwin composed this on a 4 hour afternoon train ride from Boston to New York. Paul Whiteman's orchestra had time for about 1 rehearsal before playing it in a concert in Carnegie Hall, and the rest is history! What a beautiful performance! ❤
Entirely lovable, remarkable, unpredictable and unfathomable performance by Yuja and the orchestra of such playful yet touching music by Geshwin. Thanks！
Ira Blue, you are so missed all these years later......thank you for giving me this wonderful gift, having this melody as your sign off music at the end of your show! You made the world a better place!
Ik heb van deze prachtige rapsodie al vele interpretaties gehoord, maar deze van Yuja en Gustavo is veruit de beste die er bestaat ! Wat een prachtige vertolking, en je kan merken hoe Yuja én Gustavo werkelijk zélf GENIETEN van deze wondermooie, 100 jaar oude moderne klassieke muziek. Enig !
She is the best , and this lucky old bloke has seen/heard her live playing Prokofiev piano concerto No 2 WOW ! Yuja and Gustavo together are about as cool as you can get ❤
Mir fehlen die Worte. So eine wunderbaren Aufführung. Hier spielen die Besten der Besten. Ausdrucksvoll, ein einziges wunderbares Spiel in allen Varianten. Laut leise, phrasiert, verzögert und Yuja Wang voller Freude. Wie schön und was für wundervolle Attraktionen doch Wien für seine Menschen organisiert.
I am 80 years old and this beautiful masterpiece takes me to my earliest 20 when I was a Dj at Radio Selecta un Lima Peru. Yuja and Dudamel bring Gershwin to life.. please enjoy and share
Not just playing notes by rote - impressively difficult to be sure, but she downright inhabits the instrument. The two of them, along with the orchestra, are having an intimate sonic conversation that the audience is privy to. Exceptional artist.
Fun Fact: The director (Gustavo Dudamel) was born in my city, and even more fun fact, my aunt is the neighbor of one of his grandfather's. As always being the best director in every corner of the planet.
A glorious glimpse of the creative work of God! His heavens will certainly resound with music like this throughout eternity. I hope to make a joyful noise, along with the countless thousands gathered around His throne.
Thank you so much Yuja, it’s always an absolute pleasure again to watch you and thoroughly enjoy the passion and sensitivity of your beautiful music. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
I don’t think I have ever seen and heard such a connection between an artist their musical instrument when she plays. She is unique and special talent.
This song brings tears to my eyes any how, but watching Yuja dance on the ivories is a treat! Even when she is embellishing this magnificent piece (yes she makes certain parts her own!) done with precision and some good old-fashioned jamming! Bravo!
For more than 60 years I have been listening to Rhapsody in Blue, and this performance made me realize for the first time that I have been listening to performers playing the notes. Yuja Wang played the _music._
This seems to be the way classical music is going now. Conductors jumping around like Zubin Mehta for a baroque chamber music piece, or Bach organists bouncing their hands up in the air like they’re playing Rachmaninoff, and what we see and hear so often is people chopping up the music like they have two meat cleavers for hands instead of observing the flow of the music and of the expressions meant by the composer. It’s sloppy. Maybe if they had a black conductor and a Jewish pianist…?
I agree 100%!!! I thought the same thing that I have heard this piece dozens of times but it was notes on a sheet of music. This is interpretation of the absolute highest order!!! She is taking Gershwin's music and mood and playing with it in the most loving manner. When you see obviously very very seasoned musicians leaning around their music stands to see how she is going to handle a certain passage, you realize you are watching a true virtuoso! The rarest of all is to find someone with that much technical facility and still plays with that much emotion/soul. We should all count our blessings!!!
This music exudes joy. Is fun. Is showing people with discipline and talent and showcasing it for others as an ensemble and a team with individuals getting moments to shine. It is truly a wonder of humanity to behold. Sometimes, humans work as a machine in war, in commerce but art is something that exhibits the best of us.
Masterfully performed and filmed indeed.
Yuja é maravilhosa pura magia, sempre me faz flutuar em sonhos sonoros!❤️
She is more than amazing 👏 🤩 😍 ❤️ 💖 💕 👏!!!!
I was trying to listen to this while working in the kitchen. Couldn't do it. I found myself watching / listening to the whole thing. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
I was olso listening in the Kitchen but I couldnt...😂
Yuja holds ANY amount of people in the audience absolutely spellbound. Everything about her performances exudes professional excellence matched only by her obvious JOY with what she is playing. We are lucky to be living in the same times as her. Simply bewitching !!
The conductor seems to quite enjoy himself too ! :-) Great performance.
Quite an artist and enchantress !!!....
Genial pianista ,perfecta su maestría.Inovadora y bella.
How amazing a talent ! It seems like she may have added some improvisation to her magnificent performance
Quite possibly@@billray9771 Rhapsody in Blue and other Gershwin works are known for improvisations/cadenzas.
What a perfect pairing! Yuja and Gustavo: the two most dynamic musicians on the planet!!
Feliz año nuevo 2024 el Colon te espera❤❤❤
Gershwin would bow.
Fabulosa y en Viena !
Her spirit flows in her exuberance. She and Gershwin become one.
She absolutely adores this piece of Gershwin ,love watching her .
Not only Yuja’s extraordinary playing but also Gustavo’s interpretation and conducting combine to make this the most spectacular Rhapsody in Blue I have ever heard.
So much joy in her face when she plays! Joy in mine too listening to her!
Oh, only to have been there to hear this!
Impresionante!
A trio made in heaven Yuja, Dudamel, Gershwin. It simply can not get any better than this
At the Summer concert, no less!!
She has so much fun she comes off the bench while playing. Just amazing rendition.
Just FABULOUS !! For those who like to compare great artistry, give a listen also to Earl Wild and the Boston Pops.
Grande pianista
This is technically a masterpiece from the pianistic point of view. I think that Khatia Buniatishvilli’s interpretation is superior in the sense of emotional attachment. But there is no way to explain the beauty of both. Khatia and Yuja are gifts that bring the world a sense of hope for humanity.
Beautiful interpretation of a piece I've heard so many times. Can't get enough of this woman!
My mother, a New Yorker, used to play the solo piano version from memory. I remember sitting under the baby Steinway and listening, entranced. Wang is such an enthusastic performer.
Working on my sixth symphony now :).
A very lucky piano, indeed
God bless you Keep the music going
And the clarinet player wow!
Totally mesmerizing, stunning performance. Soloist and orchestra (and let's not forget the audio and camera crew) really came together and gave the crowd and online viewers a true night to remember.
Even watching this via CZcams caused goosebumps multiple times.
Thanks very much for sharing!
Not so ! for the camera work was the worst , like a travelogue .Should have kept the camera on the musicians , YUGA and Gustavo !
Deusa, Deusa, Deusa ❤❤❤
incredible ,
I’m an idiot just forget what I said. Criticizing a genius is impossible. I am having difficulty comprehending genius and I know why. I have finally realized how lucky I am to just be able to observe and be a witness to it…
She has become one of the greatest of all time.
What a thrill. Thank you so much. Mr Gershwin and Miss Wang make an extraordinary combination. He would be quite happy I imagine. Over 7 decades. Have listened to endless renditions of this. Clearly I am most taken here.
This is what Gershwin heard when he wrote it. Two geniuses.
Such a powerful performance from all involved. Yuja is from another planet. 🤯
The venue is a rhapsodic experience in itself! Must add mystique and enjoyment to the musical presentation.
Yuja is from Venus.🤣
She dresses like she’s from another planet too.
It is, as well, a testament to the absolute genius of George Gershwin who, I am sure, writing this for Paul Whiteman's Orchestra ( I believe that's right ) in 1924 never would have thought major symphony orchestras around the world would be playing this in what, next year, will be 100 years later. Such is the power of music! And a compser with a God-given gift! I had tears in my eyes.
I believe Ferde Groffe did the orchestration for the Paul Whiteman premiere from Gershwin’s 2 piano score
@@nickrees4706 I believe you're right. I forgot about that.
@@nickrees4706 I always thought that Grofé should have gotten co-credit with Gershwin. It is Grofé's vision that we hear.
I have played this piece in the orchestra. so many times. This is as fine as any. It finds the balance between jazz and classical music, which is what I believe Gershwin was going for..
I think sometimes she plays too fast and loses the phrasing but this is a great piece for her and she can do it!
Excellent job!
MPR is doing a tribute to this today the 100th anniversary of it's release. Even a version done by Bela Fleck!!!
a classic done by the current classic pianist
She's having fun with this....look at her impish grin!!🦁😻 Looks like Schönbrunn in the background... beautiful Vienna, miss it. Happy Birthday Yuja bless from Arizona USA 🌍😽
Oh, to have been that piano stool. 😌
Yuja is genius- you have to have a brilliant mind to memorize concert pieces, but to play with passion and fire is her lit match.
Ela e a garota do filme "4 minutos"?!😮
Clearly you never played an instrument on a higher level than single note picking. After some practice this becomes muscle memory so you don't have to explicitly memorize it and when you play it you don't even think about remembering but instead just focus on performance itself. It's flow in its purest form.
What a fantastic collaboration! So much joy displayed by Dudamel and Yuja.
Gershwin composed this on a 4 hour afternoon train ride from Boston to New York. Paul Whiteman's orchestra had time for about 1 rehearsal before playing it in a concert in Carnegie Hall, and the rest is history! What a beautiful performance! ❤
Magical performance! Many thank yous to Miss Wang and the Wiener Philharmoniker!
The Best Rendition on Gershwin Rhapsody!!! I Love Yuja Wang!!!
This is truly interpreting!
Well nothing beats this video title.
Breathtaking! G Ire
Entirely lovable, remarkable, unpredictable and unfathomable performance by Yuja and the orchestra of such playful yet touching music by Geshwin. Thanks！
Ella es la MÚSICA
All the other musicians are watching and listening to her, grinning to themselves in wonder.
This gathering of musicians truly brings life, joy and playfulness to a brilliant performance
To me, this is the greatest single piece of music ever written.
This was a fine performance, I enjoyed it very much.
What a joy to listen to!
So Beautiful, both the player and the music. Thank You
Ira Blue, you are so missed all these years later......thank you for giving me this wonderful gift, having this melody as your sign off music at the end of your show! You made the world a better place!
So good for the soul...
Thanks a lot, wonderful.
Absolutely brilliant and amazing 👍🌹♥️
¡My applause!
Two of the best, Dudamel and Yuja, at their prime ! You can bet George is looking down with a big smile and goosebumps!!!!!
Ik heb van deze prachtige rapsodie al vele interpretaties gehoord, maar deze van Yuja en Gustavo is veruit de beste die er bestaat ! Wat een prachtige vertolking, en je kan merken hoe Yuja én Gustavo werkelijk zélf GENIETEN van deze wondermooie, 100 jaar oude moderne klassieke muziek. Enig !
She is the best , and this lucky old bloke has seen/heard her live playing Prokofiev piano concerto No 2 WOW ! Yuja and Gustavo together are about as cool as you can get ❤
Tears to my eyes, the most beautiful Rhapsody in Blue I've ever heard... Everything is perfect in this recording. The video production too
Mir fehlen die Worte. So eine wunderbaren Aufführung. Hier spielen die Besten der Besten. Ausdrucksvoll, ein einziges wunderbares Spiel in allen Varianten. Laut leise, phrasiert, verzögert und Yuja Wang voller Freude. Wie schön und was für wundervolle Attraktionen doch Wien für seine Menschen organisiert.
Wow!
Best version I’ve ever heard. Not fair to be this talented AND so attractive. You get one or the other!!! 😂
best wicked music for angels....thank you for the music!
I am 80 years old and this beautiful masterpiece takes me to my earliest 20 when I was a Dj at Radio Selecta un Lima Peru. Yuja and Dudamel bring Gershwin to life.. please enjoy and share
love you long time.
I love Gershwin's music and I am Venezuelan just like Gustavo Dudamel .How proud I feel to see him conduct such a prestigious orchestra
The best version of Rhapsody in Blue ever heard! Dudamel + Wang = insane!
Высшие силы! Густаво+Юджи=шедевр!🎉
Not just playing notes by rote - impressively difficult to be sure, but she downright inhabits the instrument. The two of them, along with the orchestra, are having an intimate sonic conversation that the audience is privy to. Exceptional artist.
"Intimate sonic conversation", I love that.
@@margaritakleinman5701 Thanks.
Fun Fact:
The director (Gustavo Dudamel) was born in my city, and even more fun fact, my aunt is the neighbor of one of his grandfather's.
As always being the best director in every corner of the planet.
More than a musician actually a musical alchemist!
Assolutamente superlativa...è un tutt'uno col pianoforte....si direbbe che lo " abita "....lo " indossa "....mai ascoltato niente di simile.
Je ne comprends pas les critiques pour un tel orchestre ils y a vraiment de sales gens
❤
A glorious glimpse of the creative work of God! His heavens will certainly resound with music like this throughout eternity. I hope to make a joyful noise, along with the countless thousands gathered around His throne.
Thank you so much Yuja, it’s always an absolute pleasure again to watch you and thoroughly enjoy the passion and sensitivity of your beautiful music. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
Truly incredible, played with such joy
Absolutely brilliant performance!!❤️❤️🔥🔥
Mesmerizing. And packed Schönbrunn.
I don’t think I have ever seen and heard such a connection between an artist their musical instrument when she plays. She is unique and special talent.
IT'S BACK!! WATCH THIS WHILE YOU CAN!!!
These winsome and whimsical looks of her BECOMING the music!
Yuia is a super super virtuosa!! She can play any type of extremely difficult music! What a talent!
Yuja Wong and Gustavo Dudamel, both are musicians genius. Together can show us a piece of heaven with their virtuosity
My most favorite piece of all time. Her performance brought tears to my eyes.
Still.... to this day!
This song brings tears to my eyes any how, but watching Yuja dance on the ivories is a treat! Even when she is embellishing this magnificent piece (yes she makes certain parts her own!) done with precision and some good old-fashioned jamming! Bravo!
Me too!!!
@@EricJohn2008 this is not a song.
@@EricJohn2008 it's not a SONG🙄
I love all genres of music,but when I'm in the mood ,there's nothing better than classical music played with such great spirit for the music.
Iconic American piece-visions of bustling NYC. Yuja expressive and talented player.
SIMPLY wonderfully performed by both Yuja & orchestre, providing super entertainment for all of us who adore music of long ago
Es la mejor ejecución de esta pieza. Dña Yuja es fantástica!
Splendida Yuja Wang
Queen the best in everything this is the best ever rhapsody. Love her play🎼🎼🎹❤️
I love the expressiveness of Yuja’s face! She loved playing this piece!
She's just too damn good...perfection in every way and in everything that matters
Estupendo!!! Magistral interpretación.
For more than 60 years I have been listening to Rhapsody in Blue, and this performance made me realize for the first time that I have been listening to performers playing the notes. Yuja Wang played the _music._
Yeah, just not Gershwin’s music!
This seems to be the way classical music is going now. Conductors jumping around like Zubin Mehta for a baroque chamber music piece, or Bach organists bouncing their hands up in the air like they’re playing Rachmaninoff, and what we see and hear so often is people chopping up the music like they have two meat cleavers for hands instead of observing the flow of the music and of the expressions meant by the composer. It’s sloppy. Maybe if they had a black conductor and a Jewish pianist…?
I thoroughly agarre 🎉!
I agree 100%!!! I thought the same thing that I have heard this piece dozens of times but it was notes on a sheet of music. This is interpretation of the absolute highest order!!! She is taking Gershwin's music and mood and playing with it in the most loving manner. When you see obviously very very seasoned musicians leaning around their music stands to see how she is going to handle a certain passage, you realize you are watching a true virtuoso! The rarest of all is to find someone with that much technical facility and still plays with that much emotion/soul. We should all count our blessings!!!
But yes it is every note he wrote and arranged it there in the music script that will always be around to read and play!!
What a choice: the best is together. Long life for them.
We need a new world to describe artist like this because awesome doesn't quit get it.
The spark that drives the whole engine.....its a blast just watching her change expressions........
She is a marvel. Always 100% committed and delightful. Such a gift.❤️
This music exudes joy. Is fun. Is showing people with discipline and talent and showcasing it for others as an ensemble and a team with individuals getting moments to shine. It is truly a wonder of humanity to behold. Sometimes, humans work as a machine in war, in commerce but art is something that exhibits the best of us.
I was going through a journey watching and listening to this. Simply, no words to describe it.
You hear of an artist caressing their instrument. I only wish I could coax music out of a piano like this. So sweet.