The Prowess of Yuja Wang

September 11, 2025, 10:00 pm

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Yuja Wang (Photo: Julia Wesely)

Pianist Yuja Wang leads the New York Philharmonic from the piano bench in a variety of music, beginning with Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments. The theme of piano and winds continues in Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Winds by Leoš Janáček. Then later, Yuja Wang joins the band and performs the original jazz band version of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue.

Playlist

All recordings feature Yuja Wang as piano and leader

Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

Leoš Janáček: Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Winds
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version)