Imogen Cooper directs Beethoven 2010
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Imogen Cooper (photographer Benjamin Ealovega)
Imogen Cooper piano/director*
Jacqueline Shave violin/director
Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D major, K.385 (Haffner)
Janáček arr. Richard Tognetti Quartet No. 1 for strings (Kreutzer)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)*
Britten Sinfonia’s acclaimed cycle of Beethoven Concertos with Imogen Cooper, which has received glowing reviews and audience praise, comes to its grand finale this season. Imogen performs and directs the orchestra in the majestic and noble ‘Emperor’ concerto. The first half of the programme provides an eloquent contrast with one of the finest and most spirited works of Mozart’s early career, and an arrangement of Janáček's Quartet No.1 for strings.
“The organic power and economy of Beethoven's writing felt more dynamic than ever. Cooper's own rhythmic regeneration of theme and counter-theme, her sense of direction, and her ability to let the music yield and breathe, led to a fearless cadenza with a movingly hushed exit.” The Times
In Conversation – free pre-concert talk with Beethoven expert, Nicholas Marston.
Cambridge 7pm
London 6.15pm
Dates
Hereford
Thursday 13 May
7.30pm
Box Office: 01432 340555
Sponsored by:
Cambridge
Monday 17 May
8.00pm
Box Office: 01223 357851
London
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tuesday 18 May
7.30pm
Box Office: 0871 663 2500
Austria
Thursday 20 May
7.30pm
