Yuja Wang - Superstar Pianist Plays Too Many Encores
Yuja Wang - Superstar Pianist Plays Too Many Encores  
Podcast: Classical Music Happy Hour
Published On: Wed Mar 04 2026
Description: Superstar pianist Yuja Wang joins Manny Ax to talk about bad pianos, encores, what influences her musical interpretations, and her love for Prokofiev. In our Newly Dead game, Yuja puts her knowledge of composer deaths to the test. Listen and Subscribe to Classical Music Happy Hour wherever you get your podcasts.  Our theme song is Schumann’s Arabeske in C Major, Op. 18 performed by our host, Emanuel Ax. Music used in today’s episode includes: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 No. 3 "La chasse": IV  Beethoven  Boris Giltburg, Piano Piano Sonata No. 16 in G Major, Op. 31 No. 1: I. Allegro Beethoven Boris Giltburg, Piano  Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro Mozart Jenő Jandó, Piano Concerto No. 2 Op 18 II Adagio Sostenuto Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano Leopold Stokowski, conductor The Philadelphia Orchestra 1924 Scythian Suite, Op. 20: II. The Enemy of God, III. Night  Prokofiev Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra Theodore Kuchar, conductor Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Marche Funebre  Scriabin Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Konstantin Scherbakov & Igor Golovschin   Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre  Beethoven Danish Chamber Orchestra & Ádám Fischer  Symphony No. 44 in E minor Trauer Sinfonie Mourning III Adagio Haydn Capella Istropolitana & Barry Wordsworth Credits Classical Music Happy Hour is supported in part by the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation and by Linda Nelson. Our production team includes Lauren Purcell-Joiner, Eileen Delahunty, Laura Boyman, Elizabeth Nonamaker, David Norville, Christine Herskovits, and Ed Yim. Our engineering team includes George Wellington, Irene Trudel, and Chase Culpon. Classical Music Happy Hour is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall.