| Wednesday 10 September 2025 | 20:00 |
| Paul Lewis | Piano |
Some musicians let music serve them. Others devote themselves to serving music. Paul Lewis belongs to the latter.
He is able to think about music and also formulate his thoughts in a convincing way. However, to do so Paul Lewis doesn’t need a single word – all he needs is a piano – which he commands without any ostentatious gestures. As a great yet humble artist, characterized by the utmost devotion to the score, he will invite the recital audience to take a grand trip to Vienna. It starts in the 18th century and soars through time to the present day. One of Mozart’s most popular sonatas chimes out the introduction, presenting a most affectionate image of this classical composer, who was reputed to be a rambunctious child. The Czech premiere of Thomas Larcher’s Piano Sonata embodies the distinctive voice of contemporary Vienna, reminding us that the tremendous musical life of the Austrian capital did not end in the 19th century. The lullaby “Baloo, my babe” brings us back to timeless treasures. Two more intermezzi follow. In them, the Romanticist Brahms shows the gentlest side of his soul. Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 provides the universal culmination with its vigorous opening and slowly unfolding arietta, whose brisk middle section repeatedly gives the impression that this Viennese classicist and revolutionary also invented jazz.
Ticket prices: 290 – 2 490 CZK
