The Rhapsodies: Yuja Wang plays Gershwin & Rachmaninov at Shanghai Concert Hall

Program:
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on themes of Paganini, Op.43
Combining the elements of American Blues with the classical music composing principles Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue is both affluent and mysteriously intriguing. The 18th variation from Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on themes of Paganini with the typical Russian melancholy is no less beautiful. Respectively from America and Russia, the two rhapsodies answer each other with their own beauty. Yujia Wang’s playing combines the flexibility in style and meticulousness in skills. Let’s empty our minds and join Yujia in her rhapsodies, releasing our thoughts in the free wandering provoked by the surprises that Yujia brings in the music.