24 Hours Bach - Angela Hewitt angela hewitt continues to captivate and charm audiences around the world with hermusicianship and Miss hewitt then studied with French pianist JeanPaul http://www.jsbach.de/pages/e/bio/hewitt.htm
Extractions: Born into a musical family (her father was the Cathedral organist in Ottawa, Canada), Miss Hewitt began her piano studies at the age of three, performing in public at four, and a year later winning her first scholarship. In her formative years she also studied violin, recorder, singing, and classical ballet. At nine she gave her first recital at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music where she studied from 1964 to 1973. Miss Hewitt then studied with French pianist Jean-Paul Sevilla at the University of Ottawa from which she earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the age of eighteen. In 1994 she embarked on a recording of all of the major keyboard works of Bach for Hyperion. The Inventions, French Suites and Partitas have all been included in Gramophone magazine's 'Editor's Choice' and are receiving worldwide acclaim for their artistry, 'effortlessly eclipsing all competitors' (Gramophone, 1997). Her recording of Book I of The Well-Tempered Clavier was chosen by two London Sunday Times critics as one of their 'Top Ten for 1998', and won a Juno Award in Canada. An avid chamber-music player, Angela has also appeared extensively with singers and instrumentalists in North America and Europe. Her lecture-recitals on Bach and her frequent masterclasses are widely appreciated by students and teachers alike. Dedicated to keeping 'live music' alive, she has recently been a founding member of Piano Six a project involving six Canadian pianists who take music to the rural communities of Canada.
Bach: Arrangements Cohen (a collection compiled for the pianist Harriet Cohen, who knew many Englishcomposers of the early twentieth century). angela hewitt also includes three http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/details/67309.asp
Extractions: Get RealAudio This delightful disc offers a selection from the wealth of piano transcriptions of Bach's music. The Bach revival that gathered momentum during the nineteenth century created a climate for many composer-pianists to interpret his works through their own piano transcriptions, whether of chorale preludes, organ works or other instrumental music. Much of Bach's music was made domestically available via such arrangements (and the tradition continued well into the twentieth century, even after Bach originals were well known). Indeed, the practice of such transcriptions was widely used by Bach himself, who freely adapted his own and others' music for different instrumental settings. One of today's finest Bach pianists, Angela Hewitt concentrates primarily on those arrangements of Bach that keep pianistic elaboration and virtuosity in proportion: whatever instrument his music is played on, Bach should still sound like Bach. Eugen d'Albert's magnificent transcription of the C minor Passacaglia and Fugue for organ, BWV582, is included, as are five beautiful transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff, and a number of arrangements by English composers that were included in A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen (a collection compiled for the pianist Harriet Cohen, who knew many English composers of the early twentieth century). Angela Hewitt also includes three transcriptions of her own. A fascinating companion to Angela Hewitt's acclaimed Bach recordings for Hyperion, this ravishing disc will appeal to lovers of Bach as much as connoisseurs of the piano.
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Inside - Wichita State University Since angela hewitts triumph at the Toronto Bach competition, she has been hailedas the Bach pianist par excellence of her generation (The Sunday Times http://www.wichita.edu/insidewsu/@2-1-2001/ConnSeriesPianist.htm
Extractions: Acclaimed pianist to perform Since Angela Hewitt’s triumph at the Toronto Bach competition, she has been hailed as "the Bach pianist par excellence of her generation" (The Sunday Times, London, 1999). In 1994, she embarked on a 10-year project to record all the major keyboard works by Bach for the Hyperion label, and all releases so far are receiving worldwide acclaim for their artistry, "effortlessly eclipsing all competitors" (Gramophone, 1997). Hewitt will present a master class at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. Selected WSU students will play for Hewitt. The class is open to the public. Call 978-3233 for reserved tickets. Prices are $16 with discounts available. Juvenile Justice Center
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Guardian | Angela Hewitt It has to be a good thing when the Canadian pianist angela hewitt begins a recitalwith Bach first because it reminds us how good at it she is, and second http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4425635,00.html
Extractions: The Guardian It has to be a good thing when the Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt begins a recital with Bach: first because it reminds us how good at it she is, and second because the clarity and questing logic of her playing in this repertoire makes us listen out for similar qualities in the rest of her programme. On this occasion that consisted of music by two French keyboard masters, Couperin and Ravel. Ravel wasn't exactly sparing in the amount of notes he wrote, and the three pianistic poems that form his Gaspard de la Nuit brought very different challenges. Hewitt kept the thread of melody unbroken through the shimmering complexity of the first piece, Ondine, and her pinpointed touch was to the fore in Scarbo, with its fiendishly fast repeated notes and an ending that seemed to vanish into the ether. Le Tombeau de Couperin is a little less lush, Ravel evoking his predecessor as a paragon of French musicianship and basing the work's structure on the 18th-century idea of the suite form. Hewitt gave a staccato kick to the Forlane, reminding us that it is a dance movement. But it was her thoughtful playing of the Fugue that was the highlight, the initial theme sounding intriguingly unsure of where it might go next, the lines of melody independent yet tightly intertwined. The Bach that launched the programme was the English Suite No 3. Hewitt may have begun by cascading down the keyboard with a flourish, but there was no self-indulgence to her playing as the mood of the pieces became darker and more striking. Paradoxically, Hewitt managed to combine a sense that the music could take a new direction any moment with a feeling that each corner turned was inevitably right. It is in this music - some of the most abstract and unembellished of her wide repertoire - that she seems most herself.
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Oregon Symphony News Releases NEXT MUSIC DIRECTOR CANDIDATE AND PORTLAND FAVORITE, pianist angela hewitt . http://www.orsymphony.org/news/releases99-01/CL9release2001.htm
Extractions: Conducting regularly throughout Europe and America, Pavel Kogan made his debut with the Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) Philharmonic and is Music Director of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestras, as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the Utah Symphony where "enthusiastic fans in Salt Lake City have regrettably taken to calling the orchestra "Kogan's Heroes," according to The Oregonian. Before turning his full attention to the conductor's podium, Kogan toured throughout Europe, Japan and the United States as a recitalist and guest violin soloist with many leading orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Kogan is the fourth of six music director candidates to appear this season; James DePreist has announced he will step down from the Oregon Symphony in 2005 after 25 years as Music Director. Audience members will have an opportunity to share their opinions of the music director candidates by completing surveys inserted in program books or by visiting the Symphony's Website at www.orsymphony.org.
Extractions: Angela Hewitt is a name unknow to me as a pianist but after your glowing review I guess I need to know more. That she's a Bach specialist and played the Dante is unusual to say the least. Having just heard the piece performed myself I understand the reaction you would have to the music, especially since she seems to understand the need to avoid the temptastion to pound when playing Liszt. Wonder if she'll consider the BACH fantasy for piano, a piece whic I think is as good on the piano as on the organ. Dennis : Last night I heard the solo recital of my past twelvemonth. Expected Angela Hewitt to do all bach, and was I ever wrong. Bach (Capriccio BWV992 and Toccata in c minor BWV911), Beethoven (Eroica variations/fugue Op. 35), Ravel (Miroirs), and... : Last up, and most surprisingly: Liszt's Dante Sonata (more properly, "After a reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata")! What an unexpected choice from a supposed Bach specialist. For my part, I was delighted that a musician of such unquestioned taste and seriousness of purpose would dare to program a work some people don't bother to listen to (and insist is shallow, not having bothered...). She did it full, complete, utter justice.
May Concerts - Sydney Conservatorium Of Music Canadian concert pianist angela hewitt has been renowned as a Bach specialist sincewinning the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, and has http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/conmusic/concmay.html
Royal Philharmonic Society - The RPS Annual Lecture 2001 Bringing Bach to Life. Canadian pianist angela hewitt was the speakerat an RPS Dinner at the Athenaeum held On 30 October 2001 . http://www.royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/hewitt.htm
Extractions: Bringing Bach to Life "I was fortunate as regards Bach playing, to grow up thinking that there was nothing "wrong" with playing Bach on the piano. I never had any complexes about doing so. I knew it was originally written for harpsichord, and had one in my bedroom for a year when I was a child (somebody went away on sabbatical and left it to us for that time), but the piano was always my instrument. For me, the piano can do everything Bach demands, and so far there hasn't been one point in all his keyboard music where I wish I were playing another keyboard instrument - be it harpsichord, clavichord, or organ. Sometimes, mind you, I wish I were a violinist, or a singer, or an oboist, but the piano can at least strive to imitate all of these very successfully. In the last year of his life, Bach tried a fortepiano that was being developed by his friend, Gottfried Silbermann, but he evidently found it weak in the high register, and too hard to play (those are complaints I often have about modern concert grands!). His music requires great sprightliness, clarity, rapidity, warmth, strength and subtle shadings that have to be matched by both instrument and player. If Bach's music sounds "wrong" on the piano, then surely most of the blame must lie with the pianist. The biggest advantage the piano has over the harpsichord is in its ability to sustain notes, and thus to produce a beautiful singing line. It is also marvellous for distinguishing the different voices, allowing a different tone colour for each. It is indeed a pleasure to be with you this evening, and to speak about my approach to playing Bach on the piano-certainly one of my favourite subjects. "
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Tonbridge Music Club 2001-2002 Bach, The Goldberg Variations. Canadian pianist angela hewitt continues to captivateand charm audiences around the world with her musicianship and virtuosity. http://www.np03.dial.pipex.com/tmc/tmc-top.htm
Extractions: West Kent College, Tonbridge The Allegri String Quartet - 'England's most respected quartet' - first performed for the Club in May 1981. Formed in 1947 and revered for its 'deeply musical, unshowy performances', the Quartet has an enviable recording history with numerous first choice votes by the BBC and leading music magazines.
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Piano Six Artist Biographies Ask the Artist! angela hewitt is nothing less than the pianist who willdefine Bach performance on the piano for years to come. STEREOPHILE http://www.pianosix.com/bios.html
Extractions: write your message in the message window, and send! Janina Fialkowska Third Piano Concerto (opus posthumous) with the Chicago Symphony, a standard-setting performance which won her rave reviews and considerable attention in the international media. Recent engagements include a tour of England with the Royal Philharmonic of London and a major North American tour with Polands Cracow Philharmonic that took her to Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Toronto, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Ms. Fialkowskas recent recordings, all warmly received, feature a recital of solo piano works by Liszt (CBC Records); music for piano and orchestra by Chopin, Moszkowski and Koprowski (CBC Records); solo piano music of Szymanowski (Opening Day, 1997 Juno Award nomination); two recitals of lieder by Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann with baritone Daniel Lichti (Opening Day); a recital of virtuoso salon pieces and encores (CBC Records, 1998 Juno Award nomination); the complete Chopin
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Extractions: If youve already had the pleasure of hearing a live performance by a Piano Six artist, why not treat yourself to a wonderful souvenir! If you havent, a CD is a great way to get acquainted. We are proud to showcase a few of the many acclaimed recordings released by Piano Six artists in recent years. Because space is limited, we can only list a few titles for each one, but we hope this sampler will whet your appetite. Happy browsing ! . . . . . . Angela Cheng on CD. . . . . . MOZART : Piano concerto no. 9 in E-flat major, k.271 ; Piano concerto no. 17 in G major, K.453. With the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, cond. Mario Bernardi. CBC Records SMCD 5104 Sparkling renditions of two of Mozarts most popular piano concertos by the winner of the 1991 Gold Medal from the Salzburg Mozarteum! Angela Cheng has a beautiful touch and an impeccable technique; the orchestra is conducted by Mario Bernardi with real musicianship and a true feeling for the Mozartian style. ... In many respects, this attractive CD is an ideal introduction to Mozarts piano concertos (performed on the piano). BBC Music Magazine
Angela Hewitt the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition, angela hewitt has become oneof the Keyboard Concerts' favorite guests. The Canadian pianist is praised http://www.keyboardconcerts.com/id27.htm
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