Yevgeni Sudbin / Piano Recital
Haydn / Liszt / Debussy
Fingers of steel, heart of gold
Yevgeny Sudbin is »one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century«, says the Daily Telegraph about the versatile virtuoso who has captured the hearts of classical music lovers around the world. His Scriabin album and the recordings of a hand-picked selection of Scarlatti sonatas were received with particular enthusiasm by critics and the public. The respected music journalist Peter Cossé called him »one of the most fascinating of all Scriabin interpreters, and that not only in the contemporary musical scene«, while the Telegraph marvelled at his »fingers of steel and his heart of gold«.
Sudbin is thereby optimally equipped for this diverse piano recital in which the various facets of his instrument truly come into their own. The powerful Scriabin sonata and the emotionally charged sounds of Liszt, Debussy and Chopin are programmed alongside works by Haydn and Scarlatti that mark the transition from Baroque to Classicism. One of the evening’s special highlights is an arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s »Waltz of the Flowers« from the ballet »The Nutcracker«, which Sudbin prepared for his daughter Bella during the first coronavirus lockdown. He now presents this »ray of light and a glimmer of hope in dark times« (Sudbin) in concert – and, fittingly, he has invited his daughter as a special guest.
Performers
Yevgeny Sudbin piano
Als Gast:
Bella Sudbin piano
Programme
Joseph Haydn
Sonate h-Moll Hob. XVI:32
Franz Liszt
Harmonies du soir Des-Dur / aus: Études d’exécution transcendante S 139
Claude Debussy
L’isle joyeuse
– Interval –
Alexander Skrjabin
Sonate Nr. 5 Fis-Dur op. 53
Frédéric Chopin
Ballade Nr. 3 As-Dur op. 47
Piotr I. Tschaikowsky
Valse des fleurs (Blumenwalzer) / aus dem Ballett »Der Nussknacker« op. 71 (Bearbeitung für Klavier von Yevgeny Sudbin)
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonate f-Moll K 466
Sonate G-Dur K 455
Estimated end time
21:30