Sherri Lun at Steinway Hall
Mastery, passion and intelligence of a twenty-year-old pianist.
A twenty year old pianist with a curriculum that would be the pride and joy of someone twice Sherri Lun’s age and who is already in her third year at the RAM under the expert guidance of Christopher Elton .
Her pedigree shone through from the very first notes of her KT presentation recital with a Bach Toccata of absolute clarity and chiselled beauty. Knotty twine that she unravelled to reveal Bach’s early genial invention.
Schubert’s great C minor Sonata was the centre piece for this hour long recital on the magnificent Steinway D that is only to be found in the true home of those magnificent instruments in London. Schubert in Beethovenian mood played with dynamic drive and moments of sublime beauty. Schubert tried hard to be tempestuous and imperious like Beethoven in C minor but his seamless mellifluous outpourings always appear even in stormy weather. Rays of light that Sherri played with disarming simplicity and under Elton’s (Christopher not John!) it was of sterling musicianship ,style and above all an architectural shape that gave strength to a masterwork that was to be part of the composers untimely ‘swansong’.
