Renowned Canadian pianist, has recorded all Bach’s major keyboard works and complete Ravel solo repertoire. Winner of many awards, has her own festival in Italy.
7^th LMMC appearance.

Born into a musical family, Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt began her piano studies at 3, first performed in public aged 4, and won her first scholarship the following year. She continued her studies at Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music and then with French pianist Jean-Paul Sévilla at the University of Ottawa. She performs the world over, in recital and as a chamber musician and is renowned as ‘the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time’, and for her vast repertoire and award-winning recordings for Hyperion, which include all the major keyboard works of Bach, and the complete solo works of Ravel. She launched her own music festival in Trasimeno, Italy, where she performs as recitalist, chamber musician, song accompanist, and conductor with artists of her choosing. Among her awards are Gramophone Artist of the Year (2006), an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa, Officer of the Order of Canada, and an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2006.

7^th LMMC recital.

PROGRAMME:

J.S. BACH                 Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
                                       Praeludium
                                       Allemande
                                       Corrente
                                       Sarabande
                                       Menuet I - Menuet II
                                       Giga

MENDELSSOHN     Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in E minor

MENDELSSOHN     Variations sérieuses in D minor, Opus 54

SCHUMANN            Sonata in G minor, Opus 22
                                       So rasch wie möglich
                                       Andantino
                                       Scherzo: Sehr rasch und markant
                                       Rondo: Presto

BEETHOVEN            Sonata No. 23 in F minor, ‘Appassionata’
                                       Allegro assai
                                       Andante con moto - attacca:
                                       Allegro, ma non troppo - Presto

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