James talks about communication between soloist and conductor, a lesson still applied by a past competitor. Vacatello and Son dress their chamber concertos. Exclusive: Another comparison this time between Zhang and Son with Prokofiev 2 (tomorrow I compare Tsujii and Bozhanov in Rachmaninov 2) and I wrap up with Buddy Bray who gets specific about the jury and speculates on what Van Cliburn is thinking. Plus the final part of my chat with Joyce Yang who shares a conversation she had with Di Wu…tomorrow more Conlon and Michael Shih concertmaster of the FWSO…Listen!
James Conlon and I discuss communication and I let him know how his advice is still making a difference to Sa Chen the crystal award winner from 2005
Yeol Eum Son and a dress rehearsal excerpt of her supremely elegant and fluid interpretation of Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Mariangela Vacatello is looking for the delicacy in Beethoven Piano concerto No. 4…
Exclusive: Let’s compare the same excerpt from the dress rehearsals of Prokofiev Piano concerto No. 2, first Haochen Zhang….
Now Yeol Eum Son….
[audio:http://www.insidethearts.com/sticksanddronesbeta/files/2009/06/cliburn-yeol-eum-son-prok-dress1.mp3]I wrap up my conversation with Buddy Bray who actually gets specific with the Jury and talks about their attitude, and then he speculates on what Van Cliburn might be thinking….
I wrap with Joyce Yang who shares a conversation she had with Di Wu…you only get this stuff here folks! (apologies for the 20 seconds or so of me being too close to the mike!)
