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Yundi Li's Piano Recital
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 10:37So! Last night I went to Yundi Li's Piano Recital. It was a Chopin event as he did all Chopin stuff (well, no... for the encore he did a Chinese piece again. I was soooooo expecting it. ha!)
But... he wasn't too impressive. He did not falter, but we heard many, many wrong notes (ha!). And while my friend was annoyed that the guy sitting next to her was tapping his foot - with all that carpeting, he didn't make any noise, but it was annoying.
It shouldn't have bothered me, but well, he had the programme booklet on his lap, and the programme booklet is white in color, and it's dark in the auditorium/performance hall... so when he started tapping his foot, the booklet moved, along with his foot tapping, and it annoyed me. The white programme booklet was surprisingly visible in the dark (it reflected any little light there was).
The kid behind me had a blocked nose and so was sniffling every once in a while. guh. Gave me the creeps - but aside from that, he was quiet and I heard him tell his mom "He missed a key!" Good going, kid, you have a good ear!
Someone somewhere to my left fell asleep and snored. Boooo...
Last night's programme? Here, here, all Chopin's:
Five Nocturnes, opp. 9-1, 9-2, 15-2, 27-2 and 48-1
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante, op. 22
Mazurkas, op. 33
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35
Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 “Heroic”
I was pretty high when he played the Polonaise :D
I was ecstatic when he played the Funeral March (under the Piano Sonata section). My friend was wondering why I would be ecstatic with any type of funeral march music. I just happen to like it.
For the encores, he did the Chinese piece (something about enjoying the moon, a very mid-Autumn festival piece, I heard) and then Chopin's Revolutionary Etude in C Minor. That was pretty neat (but that was also where he missed a few keys).
I was hoping he'd do the Fantasie Impromptu somewhere somehow :D
My next show would be a Baroque Opera, 3 Acts by Henry Purcell, Dido and Aenas.
But... he wasn't too impressive. He did not falter, but we heard many, many wrong notes (ha!). And while my friend was annoyed that the guy sitting next to her was tapping his foot - with all that carpeting, he didn't make any noise, but it was annoying.
It shouldn't have bothered me, but well, he had the programme booklet on his lap, and the programme booklet is white in color, and it's dark in the auditorium/performance hall... so when he started tapping his foot, the booklet moved, along with his foot tapping, and it annoyed me. The white programme booklet was surprisingly visible in the dark (it reflected any little light there was).
The kid behind me had a blocked nose and so was sniffling every once in a while. guh. Gave me the creeps - but aside from that, he was quiet and I heard him tell his mom "He missed a key!" Good going, kid, you have a good ear!
Someone somewhere to my left fell asleep and snored. Boooo...
Last night's programme? Here, here, all Chopin's:
Five Nocturnes, opp. 9-1, 9-2, 15-2, 27-2 and 48-1
Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante, op. 22
Mazurkas, op. 33
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35
Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 “Heroic”
I was pretty high when he played the Polonaise :D
I was ecstatic when he played the Funeral March (under the Piano Sonata section). My friend was wondering why I would be ecstatic with any type of funeral march music. I just happen to like it.
For the encores, he did the Chinese piece (something about enjoying the moon, a very mid-Autumn festival piece, I heard) and then Chopin's Revolutionary Etude in C Minor. That was pretty neat (but that was also where he missed a few keys).
I was hoping he'd do the Fantasie Impromptu somewhere somehow :D
My next show would be a Baroque Opera, 3 Acts by Henry Purcell, Dido and Aenas.
