A Mother's Love
The slow movement of Chopin's Second Piano Concerto is a passionate declaration of love by the smitten 19-year-old Chopin. Lang Lang was 12 when he first performed it. And what does a 12-year-old know about romance? Struggling to capture those emotions, so foreign to him, he asked his dad what to do. His advice: just think about the love you feel for your mom. The grown-up Lang Lang plays Chopin, in concert at the Concertgebouw.