The comparativist

Pianist Yi Sun played pieces by Mozart and Ravel at Christ Church earlier today to a crowd of around two hundred, in a presentation that forms part of the Christ Church Midweek Music concerts. An elegantly subtle and deeply melodic Sun started with «Piano sonata n.10 in C major» (K330), of which I particularly enjoyed the final movement, the Allegretto, which comes as a sharp, sparky contrast to the lethargic Andante cantabile. Sun closed with Ravel’s «Miroirs», a musical celebration of Ravel’s friends of the Les Apaches group. I particularly appreciated how subtle Sun was with «La vallée des cloches»: while some pianists really hammer you by putting the «bells» in the foreground of the piece, Sun played it with more finesse and fused the bells with the rest of the soundscape. Original-date: 30 sept. 2026