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Forthcoming shows featuring the same performers:
Dobrinka Tabakova | Dawn |
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Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 |
Beethoven | Symphony No. 1 in C, Op. 21 |
Nicholas Angelich | piano |
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Alexandra Wood | violin |
Sébastien van Kuijk | cello |
Nicholas Collon | conductor |
Please note that Chris Watson, our Artist in Residence for Nature Unwrapped, has created a sound calendar of environments from the northern hemisphere. Ahead of this show, you will be hearing sounds from The Wash in East Anglia. Come half an hour before the performance to enjoy the installation in Hall One. Your ticket is required.
EVENT DESCRIPTION
Aurora Orchestra enters the fifth and final year of its Mozart’s Piano series, built around the first cycle of Mozart’s 27 piano concertos ever presented in the UK.
The American pianist Nicholas Angelich makes his Kings Place debut as soloist for the C minor concerto No. 24 (K491), widely considered one of Mozart’s greatest and described by Brahms as ‘a masterpiece of art… full of inspired ideas.’
Another admirer of the concerto was the young Beethoven, who on hearing the work in rehearsal in 1799 reportedly exclaimed ‘We shall never be able to do anything like that!’ Just a year later, in 1800, he premiered the first of his symphonies, consolidating his reputation as the musical heir to Mozart and Haydn with a work that honoured their musical tradition whilst offering glimpses of his more radical mature voice.
Dobrinka Tabakova’s Dawn is a radiant sunrise for strings with violin and cello soloists.
Book this evening’s late-night Lock-In: Mozart Quintet for Piano and Winds