Mitsuko Uchida: Haydn, Mozart & Schubert

A cherished presence here over many years, Mitsuko Uchida brings a lifetime of thought and curiosity to every work she performs.

Across this searching programme, she explores music in which restraint and clarity convey the deepest expression.

Haydn’s F minor Variations begin in quiet melancholy, alternating darkness with a gentler, more optimistic theme.

Schoenberg compresses entire expressive worlds into his Six Little Piano Pieces. Each lasts barely a minute or two, yet their enigmatic gestures and silences impart meaning that belies their brevity.

Mozart’s A minor Rondo combines graceful lines and Classical balance with an unusually introspective melancholy.

After the interval, a fleeting work by György Kurtág leads without a break into Schubert’s A major Sonata, D.959, completed during the final months of his life.

Here, lyricism and joy coexist with startling extremes. In its slow movement, fragile sadness erupts into chaos, before Schubert gradually finds his way back towards the light.

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