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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Xi Zhai / Piano Recital
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Following his profound interpretations of Bach’s Goldberg Variations=0D=0Aand Chopin’s Préludes last year, pianist Xi Zhai continues his=0D=0Aexceptional concert series in Hamburg. On 13 September 2026, he=0D=0Ainvites audiences to his fourth guest performance at the=0D=0AElbphilharmonie. This year’s evening is dedicated to the sonata form=0D=0Ain its most radical manifestations. =0D=0A=0D=0AThe program opens with Joseph Haydn’s Variations in F minor.=0D=0AOriginally conceived as the first movement of a sonata, the work=0D=0Aevolved during its creation into a form that transcends traditional=0D=0Aboundaries. The result is a profoundly moving, unique piece: no longer=0D=0Aa sonata in the strict sense, yet possessing an inner coherence and=0D=0Aemotional depth that extend far beyond the principle of variation. =0D=0A=0D=0ABeethoven’s final piano sonata, Op. 111, opens up a space beyond=0D=0Aclassical notions of form. Two movements stand in contrast to one=0D=0Aanother without demanding a continuation. The famous Arietta leads=0D=0Ainto a sphere of meditative calm—time seems to stretch, movement=0D=0Adissolves into sound.=0D=0A=0D=0AFinally, Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor preserves the name of the=0D=0Agenre while simultaneously pushing it to its limits. In a single,=0D=0Auninterrupted arc, power, drama, and poetry coalesce into a musical=0D=0Anarrative of great density.=0D=0A=0D=0APERFORMERS=0D=0A=0D=0AXI ZHAI piano=0D=0A=0D=0APROGRAM=0D=0A=0D=0AJOSEPH HAYDN=0D=0AVariationen f-Moll Hob. XVII:6=0D=0A=0D=0ALUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN=0D=0ASonata for Piano in C minor, Op. 111=0D=0A=0D=0A- Interval -=0D=0A=0D=0AFRANZ LISZT=0D=0ASonata in B minor, S 178=0D=0A
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