Proms Chamber Music 3: Britten up close

In our Covid-infested world, quality music making is still possible, as demonstrated by Imogen Cooper and her Aurora Orchestra friends. 

Ben Gernon conducted the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in colourful Stravinsky and soulful Tchaikovsky, while Cooper encapsulated this in Mozart.

Imogen Cooper shone in Aurora's serious and fulsome performances of Mozart.

A programme of late Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert explores music at the limits.

Imogen Cooper joined the Sydney Symphony for a performance of Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto. 

Kings Place's "Cello Unwrapped" series is a major, year-long celebration of the instrument. It consists of a no fewer than 51 events spread throughout the year, with everything from films to sessions on buying – and even making – instruments.