Cal Performances At Home: Mitsuko Uchida, piano (broadcast on-demand until 6/16/2021)
$15-$225 ($5 UCB student)
Franz Schubert — Impromptu No. 2 in A-flat major D. 935 No. 2
Franz Schubert — Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Franz Schubert – Impromptu in A-flat major, D. 935, No. 2
Franz Schubert – Impromptu No. 2 in A-flat major D. 935 No. 2
Franz Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major, D. 894
A Cal Performances at Home spring highlight! Any opportunity to experience the magisterial pianism of Mitsuko Uchida is a rare and special occasion, and this recital, recorded in the sublime acoustics of London’s Wigmore Hall, is no exception. One of the supreme pianists of our time, Uchida is a revered interpreter of Schubert, and here she performs a recital dedicated to the composer’s stirring piano music, featuring two Impromptus—one deeply moving, the other dramatic and turbulent—and the transcendent Sonata in G major, which explores terrain from meditative to tempestuous. “She seems to have a special feel for Schubertian rhetoric: the silences, the asides, the abrupt shifts of direction. And here she captured every ounce of intimacy as well as every pound of grandeur” (The New York Times).
This video will premiere on Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 at 7pm Pacific and will be available on demand until June 16, 2021.
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