Angela Hewitt (piano)

One of the world’s leading pianists, Angela hewitt regularly appears in recital and with major orchestras across the world. Admitted into Gramophone’s Hall of Fame in 2015, she was named ‘Artist of the Year’ at the 2006 gramophone Awards. she was made an officer of the order of Canada in 2000 and was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours in 2006. Peterhouse College in Cambridge made her an Honorary Fellow in 2014. Her interpretations of Bach have established her as one of the composer’s foremost interpreters of our time. Angela’s award-winning cycle for Hyperion Records of all the major keyboard works of Bach has been described as “one of the record glories of our age” (The Sunday Times). Her second recording of the Goldberg Variations appeared in 2016 and was immediately a best-seller, as was her 2014 recording of The Art of Fugue. In september 2016, Angela began her ‘Bach Odyssey’, performing the complete keyboard works of Bach in a series of 12 recitals, finishing in June 2020.

She will be performing from her Bach Odyssey:
English suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809
English suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810
Sonata in D major, BWV 963
English suite No. 6 in D minor, BWV 81

Saturday 21 Sept 8pm
Tickets £25 (£20 concs)