“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
Franz Liszt: 3 Petrarch Sonnets from Années de Pèlerinage (Italie), S. 158
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, op. 109
Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata in C Major, D. 840 (“Reliquie”)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, op. 11