𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫, the Exclusive Grotrian-Steinweg Artist, Winner of First Prize & Special Prize for Chamber music at the 4th International Telekom Beethoven Competition, and lecturer at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, pianist 𝐉𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐧 (China), shall be making an appearance at Dubai Opera for a piano recital presented as part of the 𝐕𝐈𝐏 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, organised by 𝐒𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. The evening shall open with a performance of Dame Myra Hess’s transcription of Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous ‘Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring’, after which comes Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, KV. 576, a 1789 work widely referred to as "The Hunt" or "The Trumpet Sonata", for its hornlike start. Next, Yan, a globally-acclaimed performer of Ludwig van Beethoven, will enchant audiences with two works from the pen of the legendary composer, starting with the 6 Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 34, which will be followed by the 7 Variations on 'Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO 75. After a brief interval, the pianist shall then return with Antonín Dvořák’s Silhouettes, Op. 8, a piano cycle consisting of 12 silhouettes that was composed in 1879. Finally, Yan will turn to Beethoven once again to close off the concert, as he engages in an interpretation of the Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, the last of the great composer’s famed piano sonatas.

Programme:

PART 1

Bach/Hess

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

W. A. Mozart

Piano Sonata No.18 in D major, KV. 576

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegretto

L. v. Beethoven

6 Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34

7 Variations on 'Kind, willst du ruhig schlafen', WoO 75

INTERMISSION

PART 2

A. Dvorak

Silhouettes, Op. 8

1. Allegro feroce

2. Andantino

3. Allegretto

4. Vivace

5. Presto

6. Poco sostenuto

7. Allegro

8. Allegretto

9. Allegro

10. Allegretto grazioso

11. Allegro moderato

12. Allegro feroce

L. v. Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

I. Allegro assai

II. Andante con moto

III. Allegro ma non troppo - Presto