<p>Liu Jiangli<br />The Beethoven op. 14 G major Sonata showed beautiful tone and focus. It could afford more spaciousness and poetry at a slightly slower speed.  A lighter tonal approach would allow the music to become even more characterful and arresting.  Chopin’s op. 1 Rondo was played with freshness and commitment.  Ornamentation tended to be rather relentless and lacking in spaciousness.  Indeed, as in the Beethoven, a little more expansiveness and time would make the phrasing much more expressive and convincing.  Longer, more sustained and large scaled phrasing would be very useful overall, and make the whole performance rise significantly in stature.  Lots of characterisation and contrasts in tone and colour.<br />Liszt’s ‘Gnomenreigen’ needed more clarity and more velocity.  There was a rather laboured and approximate approach here, with grace notes (acciaccaturas) lacking clarity in particular.  More care and precision technically would be necessary in order to make the performance rise in stature.  Promising musical playing, but as yet with some way to go technically in order to reach authority.</p>