Wigmore Hall - Grace Yeo

The outstanding South Korean pianist Grace Yeo gave a superb recital at Wigmore Hall under the auspices of the Kirckman Concert Society on December 27, a programme surely designed for the connoisseur. Opening with arguably the greatest (and last) of Haydn’s Sonatas, Ms Yeo declared herself to be a fine artist, with phrasing and a sense of structure that were exceptional, welcome  characteristics that she further displayed in Beethoven’s  ‘Appassionata’ Sonata and in Liszt’s B minor Sonata. Between the Beethoven and Liszt came Bartók’s Opus 14 Suite, the myriad colours of which showed her mastery of music composed from a very different standpoint.  The two better-known sonatas were admirably performed, and I for one look forward to hearing this most gifted musician as soon as possible.

James  Palmer