Mitsuko Uchida: Beethoven & Schubert
The magisterial Mitsuko Uchida is known for her interpretation of Viennese composers: hear her perform some of their greatest late works for piano.
Among today’s most profoundly admired pianists, Uchida has been showered with accolades over the years, her recordings winning multiple Grammys and Gramophone Awards.
She has long been associated with the music of Vienna, especially Beethoven and Schubert. Today she explores some of their greatest late works for piano.
Her programme centres on the darkness-and-light contrasts of Beethoven’s two-movement Sonata in E minor Op.90.
It culminates in Schubert’s achingly valedictory final sonata, the B flat major D.960, a haunting work filled with songlike melody and poised on the cusp between sorrow and joy.
Performers
Mitsuko Uchida piano
Repertoire
Beethoven: Sonata in E minor, Op.90
Schoenberg: 3 Pieces, Op.11
Interval
György Kurtág: Márta ligaturája
Schubert: Sonata in B flat, D.960
Need to know
An exclusive box package is available, which includes:
Hire of a private box (seats up to eight people).
One free drink per guest on arrival (prosecco, wine, beer or soft drink).
Dedicated host to take drinks orders throughout the event.
Find out more about the music with our free programme.
View the programme
Reviews
‘Her trills twinkling, her playing more personal than performative, she followed Beethoven’s leap to the cosmos and remained with him to the whispered final measure’New York Times
‘Uchida’s virtuosity and elan are stunning, her tonal shading, especially in the softer dynamics, verging on the miraculous’Gramophone
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