Yuja Wang Returns

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Yuja and the Americans: Philadelphia Orchestra plays Bonds and Still

Cameron Kelsall, 18th January

Yuja Wang's performance of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto may have been the main draw, but Yannick Nézet-Séguin paired the familiar centerpiece with two neglected works by 20th-century American composers.

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Bonds, Margaret Allison (1913-1972)	Montgomery Variations
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Kapustin, Nikolai (b. 1937)	24 Preludes in Jazz Style, Op.53 (selection)
Still, William Grant (1895-1978)	Symphony no. 2 "Song of a New Race"

Yuja Wang	Piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin	Conductor