The concert that I have attended is in December 30, 2019 in China, a concert of Lang Lang and his Friends. Lang Lang is a Chinese pianist who has performed all over the world with leading orchestras. Lang Lang is one great pianist with a young age in China. He has received many awards and made many television appearances. His DG recording of Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4 with Christoph Eschenbach was nominated for a Grammy Award during the year of its release. In 2001, after a sold-out Carnegie Hall debut with Yuri Temirkanov, he traveled to Beijing with the Philadelphia Orchestra on a tour celebrating its 100th anniversary, during which he performed to an audience of 8,000 at the Great Hall of the People. With the fame of being the great pianist, Lang Lang had ran many tours before. Now, he began the world tour of Lang Lang and his Friends“ in classic piano pieces. In this long concert of over 2 hours, 21 pieces of music were performed by Lang Lang wit with the orchestras and Lang Lang’s friends.
This concert is held in Jinan, Shandong Province. Despite of the traditional Chinese songs of “Ode to the red flag; Jasmine Flower; I love you China”, Lang Lang plays piano pieces of music from the famous greatest musicians of Chopin, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Schubert, Mozart, Johann Strauss, and etc. Lang Lang’s friends: other pianist and children pianist also played in this concert. I would say that this concert is really a great one with so many great pieces of music to listen. It’s a big orchestra on the stage of playing music to audience.
I would say that piano with orchestra together made really beautiful melodies and music to us. I really enjoy listening to this concert and see how those musicians devote themselves in those musical instruments to show us the beauty of the piano and other musical instruments. I want to introduce you some pieces of music that I love very much from this concert.
The very first piece that Lang Lang played in this concert is Chopin’s “Grande Valse Brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 1”. This is a solo of piano. It’s obvious that this piece show the happiness. This is Chopin’s first published waltz for solo piano, expertly handled under Lang Lang’s fingers. Grand Valse Brillante is one of Chopin’s most famous piano pieces, and it’s easy to see why with its cheery tune and dancing bass line. I could hear the cheers and happiness from this waltz that played by Lang Lang, and it brought the good mood of audience to continue hearing of this concert.
The second piece that lead the deep impression to me is Beethoven’s “Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor “Für Elise” WoO 59, and it is almost the most iconic opening piano rift out of ALL of the piano riffs. The composition is an elegant piano solo. I love this piece of solo piano played by Lang Lang very much. What’s more, it seems this piece is also special to Lang Lang since his wife’s name is Gina Alice.
The third piece that I’m impressed is Jasmine Flower, a tune of typical Chinese song mainly praising the beauty of Jasmine. Jasmine is also a flower that Chinese people love with the simple good smells and the little white flowers. There is also a Chinese tea called jasmine tea with the special smells. Chinese people also using Jasmine to metaphor the beauty of Chinese ladies. This tune is so great to convey all of those deep meanings that I talked above of Jasmine. This piece of music has the beautiful rhythm, which is also easy to hum even for those who firstly hear this song. Many friends of mine from America fall in love this piece of song at the first time that they heard. I love Lang Lang’s playing of this song with piano solo very much since he throughly show about the beauty of Jasmine to the audience.
This is such as great experience for me to listen to Lang Lang and his friends’ concert with so many great pieces of songs. My parents love Lang Lang and this concert very much. Music makes people have the same feelings and movings.
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