Thu 6 & Sun 9 Nov 2025
The Bridgewater Hall
Elder Conducts Dvořák
Conductor Emeritus, Sir Mark Elder is joined by friend and collaborator Dame Imogen Cooper to perform Mozart’s final piano concerto.
Full of richness and lyricism, it was written, in striking contrast to his other concertos, for a relatively small orchestra. Despite this, it is packed with the charm and beauty so characteristic of the composer’s other works.
Dvořák composed his Fifth Symphony in only five weeks. It is quite a dramatic departure from the strident, Wagnerian sounding Fourth; it is lighter and largely pastoral in nature, heavily influenced by the Slavic folk songs and melodies of his native Bohemia. An often overlooked symphony in modern times, it is alive and bubbling with orchestral colour.
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Featuring
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Sir Mark Elder CH CBE
Conductor Emeritus
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Dame Imogen Cooper
Piano
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Sir Mark Elder CH CBE
Conductor Emeritus
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Dame Imogen Cooper
Piano
The Spectator
“Few if any UK symphony orchestras currently come close for finesse and beauty of sound.”
Badener Tagblatt on Dame Imogen Cooper
“She is a miracle: you simply have to put it that way. The English pianist combines excellent taste, refinement and elegance in her playing. When she sits at the piano, she is a completely unaffected musician.”