“She is an outstanding artist, one of the finest pianists now playing. Go, listen, and wonder how many better pianists there are alive in this country, or anywhere.” (
Daily Telegraph) Sir Simon Rattle has said that Imogen Cooper is “one of the greatest musicians England has produced. She's utterly without show. Mozart, Schumann, and Schubert could have been written for her. There's a poetic, reflective side to her which is always there in her playing.”
Program
Mazurkas by Fryderyk Chopin, Thomas Adès, and Karol Szymanowski
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
Franz Liszt: 3 Petrarch Sonnets, S. 158
Franz Liszt: 4 Valses oubliées, S. 215, R. 37
Franz Liszt: Bagatelle sans tonalité, S. 216a, R. 60c
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 111