YUNCHAN LIM
Schubert, Scriabine
First recital at the Salle des Combins, following his triumphs at the Église (those historic Goldberg Variations in 2025!) for Yunchan Lim. A worldwide phenomenon — and rightfully so — as this young artist moves us deeply with his sound. Schubert's luminous "Gasteiner" Sonata opens the evening with joyous exuberance and irresistible vitality. In the second half, three Scriabin sonatas: the "Fantasy" Sonata, the "gothic" Sonata No. 3 nicknamed "States of Soul", and the radiant Fourth which he described as "man's flight towards the star, symbol of happiness".
Programme
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Piano Sonata No.17 in D major D. 850 “Gasteiner”
Interval
ALEXANDRE SCRIABINE (1872-1915)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor op. 19 “Fantasy Sonata”
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor op. 23
Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major op. 30
Yunchan Lim plays Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: VI. June. Barcarolle at Verbier Festival
The “Gasteiner” Sonata is one of Schubert’s works that fills us with an irrepressible joy. Without presenting any immediately identifiable melodic material, the work relies on its unexpected structure and surprise effects.
The atmosphere that pervades Scriabin’s works is quite different. The short Second Sonata, for example, evokes a miniature sea storm. The Third Sonata, aptly named “States of Mind”,is true programme music, with each movement evoking the human soul subjected to the passions and vicissitudes of life. As for the Fourth Sonata, it seems to foreshadow a calming of the composer’s thoughts, abandoning the precepts of Romanticism to immerse himself body and soul in philosophy. Despite their differences, these works are driven by the composers’ desire to reflect their states of mind, but also by profound and complex structural principles: a considerable challenge for Yunchan Lim, whose pianism has entered a new dimension in recent years.
