Unwrapping Beethoven's Piano Trios at King's Place

By Sebastian Scotney, 27 January 2017

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 25 January 2017

Beethoven, 7 Variations for cello and piano on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", WoO 46

Beethoven, Piano Trio no. 1 in E flat major, Op.1 no.1

Beethoven, Piano Trio no. 7 in B flat major "Archduke", Op.97

Henning Kraggerud, Violin

Adrian Brendel, Cello

Dame Imogen Cooper, Piano

The dawn of a new era: Aurora Orchestra at Kings Place

Zoltán Szabó, 17th October

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

****1

Stirring Mozart and Tchaikovsky from Gernon, Cooper and BBC Phil

Leighton Jones, 26th January

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

*****

Heady Mozart and Strauss for dessert

Benjamin Poore, 31st December

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

****1

Luminous decay from Imogen Cooper at Kings Place

Benjamin Poore, 28th October

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

****1

Exuberance dominates in Simone Young’s Bruckner

Zoltán Szabó, 18th August

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

****1

LSO and Haitink uneven in Purcell, Beethoven and Brahms

Jack Johnson, 23rd September

Broad tempi and a measured steer from Bernard Haitink led to a concert somewhat lacking in vigour and energy.

***11

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Sebastian Scotney

Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.