What if Rachmaninoff & Gershwin co-composed a piano concerto? (ft. Yuja Wang, Teddy Abrams)

Listen to the Abrams Concerto! https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en...

0:00 Intro – "People are still writing piano concertos?"
3:37 Chapter 1 – Piano concertos from Mozart to Mick Jagger
7:09 Chapter 2 – Influences I: Americana
10:43 Chapter 3 – Influences II: Rachmaninoff, Gershwin & the Romantic piano concerto
15:28 Chapter 4 – Origin story, "the hallowed halls of Curtis"
19:58 Chapter 5 – Michael Tilson Thomas, "You Come Here Often?"
25:08 Chapter 6 – Improvisation: Tatum v Horowitz
33:34 Chapter 7 – Cadenzas & Quotations
41:51 Chapter 8 – Modernism v Populism
48:53 Chapter 9 – Form & Organic unity
54:35 Chapter 10 – Interpretation: time travel & Covid
1:01:27 Dedication

Ben Laude meets up with Yuja Wang and Louisville Orchestra conductor & composer Teddy Abrams for an in-depth analysis of his new piano concerto, part of "The American Project" (Deutsche Grammophon).

Producer, writer, editor: Ben Laude
Video: Sean Mulholland & Eva Ye
Sound: Dominic Cheli

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