Yuanfan Yang takes Lyddington by storm
‘Hats off, Gentlemen, a genius!’
Yuanfan Yang takes Lyddington by storm with superb playing of Chopin but also improvisations on Summertime ,Twinkle Twinkle little star in the style of Beethoven , Satie and even Boogie Woogie.
An audience that after such superb playing of some of the most famous masterworks of Chopin from the Polonaise Fantasie op 61 , Polonaise ‘Tragic’ op 44, Barcarolle op 60 and a selection. of Mazurkas op 33 ,Preludes op 28 , and even a Nocturne op 37 n. 1 and Waltz op 42. Not quite sure why Debussy crept in except that Debussy adored and was much influenced by Chopin. He even edited all his piano works . Finishing with the youthful variations on ‘La ci darem la mano.’ Op 2 which was Chopin’s visiting card on his arrival at only 18 in Paris. It was Schumann on listening to this pianistic genius declared ‘Hats off, Gentlemen, , A Genius !’
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