Angela Hewitt’s clarity of articulation impresses at the Turner Sims

By David Truslove, 16 November 2015

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Reviewed at University of Southampton: Turner Sims, Southampton on 12 November 2015

Bach, Partita no. 2 in C minor, BWV826

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in C major, K159 (A Group of Sonatas )

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, Kk96, L465

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in B minor, K87

Bach, Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie: Sonetto del Petrarca no. 123, S 161 no. 6

Ravel, Sonatine in F sharp major

Chabrier, Bourrée fantastique

Debussy, Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

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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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.