Yuja Wang in Piano Recital

Update: Cancelled

Yuja Wang’s phenomenal technique is matched by boundless imagination and fantasy, meaning that whatever she plays is already halfway to the transcendent. This solo recital ranges from the timeless clarity of J S Bach to the visionary late-romanticism of Berg and Scriabin, and she has something unique to say in each of them.

The hype is justified. ‘Yuja Wang’s pianism inspires a sense of wonder’ wrote Seen and Heard International after her most recent Barbican recital, and Gramophone magazine gave her its 2019 Instrumental award, praising her ‘pianistic coloring as well as intellectual agility’. But you decide: in a concert that frees her to be her dazzling musical self.

Programme

Galuppi Sonata in C major, Mv 1
Bach Toccata in C minor
Brahms Intermezzo in A minor, Op 116 No 2
Chopin
Mazurka, Op 67 No 4
Mazurka, Op 67 No 3
Brahms Intermezzo in E minor, Op 119 No 2
Chopin Mazurka No 4, Op 30
Brahms Romance in F major, Op 118 No 5
Scriabin Sonata No 4 in F-sharp major, Op 30
Ravel Une Barque sur L’Oean
Berg Piano Sonata, Op 1
Mompou Secreto
Scriabin Sonata No 5, Op 53