Imogen Cooper recital in Sydney

By Zoltán Szabó, 21 August 2014

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 18 August 2014

Schumann, Novellette no. 2 in D major, Op.21

Schumann, Davidsbündlertänze, Op.6

Brahms, Theme and Variations in D Minor ((arr. from String Sextet Op.18))

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

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

Unwrapping Beethoven's Piano Trios at King's Place

Sebastian Scotney, 25th January

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.

***11

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

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