The incomparable Labèque sisters return to Kings Place for Mozart’s double piano concerto, as part of a programme also featuring Schubert’s best-loved symphony.

Following sell-out appearances in 2011 and 2015, Katia and Marielle Labèque return to Kings Place as part of Aurora Orchestra’s Mozart’s Piano series. Nicholas Collon conducts a programme which traces Mozart’s musical legacy through later composers, most obviously in the heavily Mozartian inflections of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5. Stravinsky also harks back to the classical in his fiery Concerto for strings, whilst for Ravel – whose Mother Goose Suite is heard here in its original version for piano four-hands – Mozart was nothing less than ‘the musician par excellence, our god!’

‘O Mozart! Immortal Mozart! What countless impressions of a brighter, better life hast thou stamped upon our souls!’ (Schubert, diary entry of June 1816).

‘The best piano duo in front of an audience today.’ The New York Times 

Pre concert talk: 6.15pm St Pancras Room
Arts Editor of The Spectator and co-director of the London Contemporary Music Festival, Igor Toronyi-Lalic, speaks to the Labèque sisters about their relationship with Mozart’s music and illustrious international career.

Tickets for the pre-concert talk are free but limited and need to be booked via the Box Office: 020 7520 1440.

Find out more about the highlights of the 2017 season in our podcast featuring Aurora’s Principal Conductor Nicholas Collon.