Oh no Lang Lang again

[amateur51]

I'm afraid I was more concerned with Susannah Reid's mispronunciation of 'Musikverein' as 'Musikferien', whereby she changed that venerable institution from a Music Association into 'Music Holidays'.
Perhaps Lang Lang will follow in the footsteps of Sir Ian McKellen and Robert Vaughan and 'guest' on Corrie....Ken could engage his services for a charity concert (tickets from Dev's shop

With Norris as page-turner?

[Norfolk Born]

With Norris as page-turner?

A match made in Heaven!

[VodkaDilc]

Lang Lang always reminds me of a mixture of Liberace and Bobby Crush!

[Nick Armstrong]

a mixture of Liberace and Bobby Crush!

There's a conjunction the mental image of which has just spoiled my afternoon....

PS I enjoyed the writing on the page of this blog announcing the forthcoming biopic with Michael Douglas as Liberace...http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailym..._douglas_2.php

[VodkaDilc]

There's a conjunction the mental image of which has just spoiled my afternoon....

PS I enjoyed the writing on the page of this blog announcing the forthcoming biopic with Michael Douglas as Liberace...http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailym..._douglas_2.php

I'm afraid you might have also revealed yourself as being 'of a certain age'. Lots of younger members might have heard of Liberace, but Bobby Crush was very much of his time. I feel he might have been a Hughie Green discovery; his unnecessary flinging around of the arms was very Lang Lang-ish.

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm afraid you might have also revealed yourself as being 'of a certain age'. Lots of younger members might have heard of Liberace, but Bobby Crush was very much of his time. I feel he might have been a Hughie Green discovery; his unnecessary flinging around of the arms was very Lang Lang-ish.

I believe my grandmother owned this LP:

http://www.qualityquest.ca/LP8/LPS2107.jpg

[amateur51]

There's a conjunction the mental image of which has just spoiled my afternoon....

PS I enjoyed the writing on the page of this blog announcing the forthcoming biopic with Michael Douglas as Liberace...http://blogs.villagevoice.com/dailym..._douglas_2.php

Truth stranger than fiction ..... Bobby Crush's latest extravanganza is his show entitled 'Liberace Live From Heaven'

http://www.bobbycrush.com/nindex.html

You couldn't make it up!

[VodkaDilc]

Truth stranger than fiction ..... Bobby Crush's latest extravanganza is his show entitled 'Liberace Live From Heaven'

http://www.bobbycrush.com/nindex.html

You couldn't make it up!

Oh dear! He hasn't aged well. I hadn't realised he was only about 16/17 when he was on Opportunity Knocks.

[notnerb]

Oh dear! He hasn't aged well. I hadn't realised he was only about 16/17 when he was on Opportunity Knocks.

Let's hear it for Russ Conway and Mrs Mills while we're about it . . . .

I think some of us are being a bit harsh on Mr Mr Lang Lang. He was callow once - weren't we all? - but he is now, IMHO, turning out some performances well worth listening to.

[VodkaDilc]

Let's hear it for Russ Conway and Mrs Mills while we're about it . . . .

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And Winifred Atwell?

[Ferretfancy]

All great fun so far, but what about my question at the outset of this thread, do people like Lang Lang have a function in encouraging people who know little about serious music to explore further ?

[Don Petter]

I think some of us are being a bit harsh on Mr Mr Lang Lang. He was callow once - weren't we all? - but he is now, IMHO, turning out some performances well worth listening to.

A good old Lang sign?

[Mr Pee]

I think some of us are being a bit harsh on Mr Mr Lang Lang. He was callow once - weren't we all? - but he is now, IMHO, turning out some performances well worth listening to.

[Serial_Apologist]

A good old Lang sign?

Pun of The Week!

[L'enfer]

All great fun so far, but what about my question at the outset of this thread, do people like Lang Lang have a function in encouraging people who know little about serious music to explore further ?

I'm not sure I would think if someone developed a real appreciation for music because of Lang Lang then perhaps he does good. All I can do is base my opinion on how he played when I saw him play and it was not great. However I am not anti-Lang Lang, if he has improved as he might well have done then I would have no problems going to see him again or even buying his CDs. However I do feel that he is a bigger personality than a pianist and this may have a detrimental effect on other young musicians particularly other Chinese pianists such as Yuja Wang and Yundi Li both of whom I prefer to Lang Lang.

Even if he is a force for good in the classical music world and he inspires a whole new generation of young musicians. Will this make up for me getting several emails a week from Amazon and HMV asking me to buy Lang Lang's CDs? I don't think so...