Yunchan Lim’s meteoric rise began in 2022 when he became the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and has been confirmed since with a succession of revelatory concert performances and recordings. He explores the world of Romantic sonatas this lunchtime, following Schubert’s D major “Gasteiner” Sonata from 1825 with three turn-of-the-century sonatas by Scriabin.
Programme
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Piano Sonata in D D850
Interval
Aleksandr Skryabin (1872-1915):
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor Op. 19 ‘Sonata Fantasy’
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor Op. 23
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp Op. 30