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Aurora Orchestra, Imogen Cooper at Kings Place
Courtesy of Bandsintown | Posted on October 11, 2019
Where
Kings Place
90 York Way
London
Map
020 7520 1490
When
Sat, June 20, 2020
19:00
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Programme:
Copland - Appalachian Spring
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K503
Mozart - Symphony No. 38 in D, K504, Prague
A riot of vibrant colours splashes through this lively Mozart’s Piano programme with Aurora Orchestra and Imogen Cooper. Aurora plunges into the vast American heartland in Copland’s Appalachian Spring, a work sprinkled with infectious, light-footed melodies and life-affirming spirit.
This 20th-century classic is paired with two equally radiant pieces by Mozart composed in the same prolific year of 1786, in which the composer also penned his beloved opera The Marriage of Figaro. Pianist Imogen Cooper brings her dazzling playing to Mozart’s majestic Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major – a piece seen by some as the most ambitious and symphonic of all his piano concertos....