Work: Piano Sonata no. 6

The vitality and combustible energy of Ustvolskaya's music is unleashed thanks to a fiery spark from Siwan Rhys. 

Ustvolskaya’s piano pieces can be thunderous or gentle as a soft rain, but at all times Schroeder played with deliberation. Each moment carried with it its own independent world.

Marino Formenti only briefly introduced his eclectic whirlwind recital, “Liszt Inspections”, before calling out “Good luck!” and diving into one of the most attention-grabbing sequences of music that I’ve ever witnessed.