{"id":4986,"date":"2022-01-06T00:26:19","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2022-01-06T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T08:15:40","slug":"bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartok &#8211; Piano Concerto No. 2 &#8211; Yuja Wang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Bart%C3%B3k)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Piano Concerto No. 2<\/em><\/a> in G major, (1930\u201331) is the second of three piano concerti written by <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/bartok\/\">B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k<\/a>, and is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. In approaching the composition, Bart\u00f3k wanted the music to be more contrapuntal. He also wanted to simplify his music (like many of his contemporaries), but his use of counterpoint in this piece makes for an extremely complicated piece of music. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/tag\/wang\/\">Yuja Wang<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2Z_ICVD4nDU?start=31\" width=\"728\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Piano Concerto No. 2: Other Performance<\/h2>\n<h3>Yuja Wang<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang-rattle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang-rattle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang-rattle.jpg 723w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bartok-piano-concerto-2-wang-rattle-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>20th-Century Music by Wang<\/h2>\n<h3>Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/concerto\/\">Concerto<\/a> No. 2 in C Minor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/rachmaninoff-concerto-2-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3833\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rachmaninoff-concerto-2-wang.jpg\" alt=\"Rachmaninoff - Concerto No 2 in C Minor- Wang, Piano\" width=\"731\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rachmaninoff-concerto-2-wang.jpg 731w, https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rachmaninoff-concerto-2-wang-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ravel: Concerto<\/h3>\n<p>Piano <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/concerto\/\">Concerto<\/a> in G Major<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/ravel-piano-concerto-g-major-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4496\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ravel-piano-concerto-g-major-wang.png\" alt=\"Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major - Wang, Piano\" width=\"726\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Prokofiev: Concerto No. 3<\/h3>\n<p>Piano <a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/concerto\/\">Concerto<\/a> No. 3 in C Major<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/prokofiev-piano-concerto-3-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2499\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/prokofiev-piano-concerto-3-wang.png\" alt=\"Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No 3 in C Major - Wang, Piano\" width=\"727\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/gershwin-rhapsody-blue-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2260\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gershwin-rhapsody-blue-wang-piano.png\" alt=\"The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang performs George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.\" width=\"729\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/category\/concerto\/\">Concerto<\/a> No. 1 for Piano and Trumpet<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/shostakovich-piano-trumpet-wang\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4523\" src=\"https:\/\/happynote.com\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shostakovich-piano-trumpet-wang-1.png\" alt=\"Shostakovich - Concerto No 1 for Piano and Trumpet - Wang, Piano\" width=\"730\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, (1930\u201331) is the second of three piano concerti written by B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k, and is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. 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