Music on Thursdays
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Thursday
7th April 2022
12.30 lunchtime
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Programme
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 (1816)
1 Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Somewhat lively, and with innermost sensibility).
Allegretto, ma non troppo
2 Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Lively, march-like). Vivace alla marcia
3 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Slow and longingly). Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
4 Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Swiftly, but not overly, and with determination).
Allegro
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C, Hob XVI/48 (c1789)
1 Andante con espressione
2 Rondo. Presto
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915)
Sonata No 2 in G# minor "Sonata-Fantasie" Op 19 (pub 1898)
1 Andante
2 Presto
Concert duration approx: 45 minutes
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Yuzhang Li
Chinese pianist Yuzhang Li was one of the ten semi-finalists in the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021.
She started her postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music with full scholarship in the same year. Recently, she became a medalist in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. As the first prize winner in the Futian Cup Piano Competition in China, she performed Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with Shenzhen Philharmonic and conductor Xieyang Chen.
With a natural wealth of musicality, Yuzhang began her music life at the age of four. At the age of fourteen, she debuted with a solo recital, in which she performed a bold repertoire - a full set of Etude Tableaux by Rachmaninoff. Carrying a strong capability, her other performance engagements included concerts at St Michael's Sittingbourne, UK, Yongsan Concert Hall. South Korea, Bechstein KONZERTFLÜGEL and the Harz Classix Music Festival in Germany, and People’s University, Sichuan Conservatory Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, and HUAFA Performance Theatre in China.
Prizes and awards she has garnered in competitions, including the second prize in the “Grotrian” International Piano Competition, the Special Performance Award in the Wiesbaden International Piano Competition, the first prize of the Seiler Cup Piano Competition, the Golden prize in Huanglong Piano Competition, and the second prize in the Steinway Piano Competition, have proven her to be a distinguished musician.
Aside from the performances she gave and prizes she won in competitions, she was also awarded the China National Scholarship and the “Tan XiaoWei” Scholarship, resulting from her excellent performance in both piano playing and academic study.
In 2013, Yuzhang started with Professor Jinsong Xian at the Xinghai Conservatory Affiliated Middle School, Guangzhou. In 2017, she was admitted by the best mark to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, studying with Professor Danwen Wei - one of the last two students of Horowitz, and Jiajia Shi – a student of Gabriel Amiràs. In 2021, she started with Professor Ian Fountain at the Royal Academy of Music.
She started her postgraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music with full scholarship in the same year. Recently, she became a medalist in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition. As the first prize winner in the Futian Cup Piano Competition in China, she performed Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 with Shenzhen Philharmonic and conductor Xieyang Chen.
With a natural wealth of musicality, Yuzhang began her music life at the age of four. At the age of fourteen, she debuted with a solo recital, in which she performed a bold repertoire - a full set of Etude Tableaux by Rachmaninoff. Carrying a strong capability, her other performance engagements included concerts at St Michael's Sittingbourne, UK, Yongsan Concert Hall. South Korea, Bechstein KONZERTFLÜGEL and the Harz Classix Music Festival in Germany, and People’s University, Sichuan Conservatory Concert Hall, Shenzhen Concert Hall, and HUAFA Performance Theatre in China.
Prizes and awards she has garnered in competitions, including the second prize in the “Grotrian” International Piano Competition, the Special Performance Award in the Wiesbaden International Piano Competition, the first prize of the Seiler Cup Piano Competition, the Golden prize in Huanglong Piano Competition, and the second prize in the Steinway Piano Competition, have proven her to be a distinguished musician.
Aside from the performances she gave and prizes she won in competitions, she was also awarded the China National Scholarship and the “Tan XiaoWei” Scholarship, resulting from her excellent performance in both piano playing and academic study.
In 2013, Yuzhang started with Professor Jinsong Xian at the Xinghai Conservatory Affiliated Middle School, Guangzhou. In 2017, she was admitted by the best mark to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, studying with Professor Danwen Wei - one of the last two students of Horowitz, and Jiajia Shi – a student of Gabriel Amiràs. In 2021, she started with Professor Ian Fountain at the Royal Academy of Music.
Recordings of the works in today's concert
Our first recording is of Emil Gilels performing the Beethoven Sonata.
You may like to search YouTube for performances by Vladimir Ashkenazy or Daniel Barenboim. For copyright reasons we cannot include them here.
You may like to search YouTube for performances by Vladimir Ashkenazy or Daniel Barenboim. For copyright reasons we cannot include them here.
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 (1816) (19m)
1 Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Somewhat lively, and with innermost sensibility).
Allegretto, ma non troppo
2 Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Lively, march-like). Vivace alla marcia
3 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Slow and longingly). Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
4 Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Swiftly, but not overly, and with determination).
Allegro
performed by Emil Gilels, possibly in 1971
Sonata No 28 in A Op 101 (1816) (19m)
1 Etwas lebhaft, und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Somewhat lively, and with innermost sensibility).
Allegretto, ma non troppo
2 Lebhaft, marschmäßig (Lively, march-like). Vivace alla marcia
3 Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Slow and longingly). Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
4 Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit (Swiftly, but not overly, and with determination).
Allegro
performed by Emil Gilels, possibly in 1971
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C Hob XVI/48 (c1789) (12m)
1 Andante con espressione
2 Rondo. Presto
performed by Xiao Chen in 2017
Keyboard Sonata No 58 in C Hob XVI/48 (c1789) (12m)
1 Andante con espressione
2 Rondo. Presto
performed by Xiao Chen in 2017
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (1872-1915)
Sonata No 2 in G# minor "Sonata-Fantasie" Op 19 (pub 1898) (12m)
1 Andante
2 Presto
beautifully performed by Valentina Lisitsa on a Bösendorfer piano in a little church in Switzerland
Sonata No 2 in G# minor "Sonata-Fantasie" Op 19 (pub 1898) (12m)
1 Andante
2 Presto
beautifully performed by Valentina Lisitsa on a Bösendorfer piano in a little church in Switzerland
Previous concert
Trio Kaizen, clarinet, cello, piano, play Chopin, Schumann, Beethoven, Brahms - click here
Next Thursday concert - on 21st April - (no concert on Maundy Thursday 14th)
Inis Oírr, viola & Naoki Toyomura, piano, - click here
