Sherri Lun: Metamorphosis

**JS Bach** Chaconne in D minor, BWV1004 (arr. Busoni)

**Mendelssohn** *Variations sérieuses*, Op. 54

**Busoni** *Chopin Variations*, BV 213a

**Sofia Gubaidulina** Chaconne (1962)

**Brahms** *Variations on a Theme by Handel*, Op. 24

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***Praised by the Chicago Tribune for her ‘convincing bravura’ and named ‘Performing Artist of the Year’ by the South China Morning Post, Sherri Lun has established herself as a rising soloist on the international stage. For her Kings Place recital debut, she presents ‘Metamorphosis’, a programme built around five sets of variations spanning three centuries.

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Variations are often thought of as merely displays of technical brilliance, but these works show how much more there is to discover in the form. **Sherri Lun**’s *Metamorphosis* programme was chosen for the way it reveals the creative process, as themes become laboratories of ideas – tested, stretched, fragmented, and illuminated with new colours as they evolve. The grandeur of Bach’s Chaconne re-imagined by Busoni stands alongside Mendelssohn’s inward intensity and Busoni’s virtuosic homage to Chopin.

Gubaidulina’s Chaconne pushes the boundaries of expression, before the journey ends with Brahms’s monumental *Handel Variations*. Together, these pieces show how simple musical seeds can grow, through true metamorphosis, into a whole world of imagination.

***This event will last approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.***

Presented by Kings Place.

This is a 14+ event