I’ve been listening to Prokofiev’s third Piano Concerto almost non-stop since my friend Joshua Appel pointed me to the video of Yuja Wang’s stunning performance on YouTube. How did I live a half-century without this music?
What’s so fascinating about this piece? For me, two things: One, this is what life is like. Two, I want to preach like this.
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