Some family members went to hear Imogen Cooper (a regular at festivals in Bath) playing at the Assembly Rooms. As a pupil of Alfred Brendel’s, she is very much in the same tradition of unshowy interpretation. The least successful piece in her programme was Brahms’ arrangement of the theme and variations from his String Sextet Op. 18, which sounded rather cluttered, and if she couldn’t bring transparency to it then probably no-one else could. Schumann’s Fantasiestücke came out best. Also on the programme were Haydn’s sonata in E flat H XVI:52 and Beethoven’s Tempest sonata.
The following day my husband went to hear the Sitkovetsky Trio in the Guildhall, playing Haydn and Schubert. This was reported to be very good, and he was especially impressed with the pianist, Wu Qian.
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