Iberian splendour at the EIF

By Alan Coady, 13 August 2015

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Reviewed at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 13 August 2015

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D minor, Kk9, L413

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K87

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, K29, L461

Granados, 12 Danzas Española: Villanesca, Op.37 no.4

Granados, 12 Danzas Españolas: Andaluza, Op.37 no.5

Granados, 12 Danzas Española: Rondalla aragonesa, Op.37 no.6

Granados, Goyescas: La Maja y el Ruisenor

Granados, El Pelele

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in A major, K113

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in G minor, K8

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in G major, K13

Albéniz, Suite española: Sevilla (sevillanas)

Albéniz, Suite española: Asturias (leyenda)

Albéniz, Suite española: Castilla (seguidillas)

Falla, Fantasía baetica

Angela Hewitt, Piano

A national treasure revisits Montreal: Angela Hewitt plays Mozart

Ian Cochrane, 28th February

Angela Hewitt joins the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal for an exquisite rendering of a Mozart concerto, and Leonard Slatkin conducts Tchaikovsky's Winter Daydreams.

****1

Superb Mozart from Angela Hewitt and the BBC Philharmonic

Peter Connors, 11th February

Angela Hewitt gives magical Mozart with Andrew Davis and the BBC Philharmonic and four twentieth century masterpieces looking back to the past complete a rewarding and unusual programme

****1

Clemens Schuldt conducts The Hallé in four contrasting masterpieces

Peter Connors, 24th November

A stunning Mozart piano concerto with Angela Hewitt and a dazzling recent piece are framed by serious but uplifting orchestral works by Britten and Strauss.

****1

Past Montreal victors return for Beethoven's Triple Concerto

Ian Cochrane, 9th November

Violinist Blake Pouliot, cellist Bryan Cheng, and pianist Angela Hewitt, all previous winners of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s Concours, return to perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.

***11

Angela Hewitt brings her revelatory Bach Odyssey to Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 18th May

Angela Hewitt’s definitive all-Bach program was anchored by the first three of the English Suites.

****1

Knockout playing from the Tonkünstler in Edinburgh

Simon Thompson, 28th October

This concert at Usher Hall delivered extraordinary playing, in repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Bernstein and Sibelius.

*****

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Alan Coady

Alan has taught classical guitar in East Lothian schools since 1982. A graduate in Music of the then Huddersfield Polytechnic, he has a soft spot for the contemporary. He also writes a Musical Blog, where the special interest is the intersection of music/language/science.

Angela Hewitt: a morning of Iberian splendour at the Edinburgh International Festival