NAC Orchestra's Great Performers recital series opens with celebrated Ottawa pianist Angela Hewitt on October 4
September 18, 2002 -
Ottawa, Canada -- Ottawa's much loved piano virtuoso Angela
Hewitt returns to the National Arts Centre to perform in recital
following her triumphant standing-room-only concert with the NAC
Orchestra during its summer Festival in July. This opening concert of
the Great Performers recital series takes place on Friday, October 4
at 20:00 in the NAC's Southam Hall.
Hailed by The Sunday Times as "the Bach pianist par
excellence of her generation", Hewitt will include Bach's
Toccata in D major and Toccata in E minor as well as
the English Suite No. 6 in D minor on her recital. (These Bach
works replace the previously announced Goldberg Variations.)
The programme also includes Ravel's Sonatine and
Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor.
Since her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano
Competition, and her subsequent Bach recording for Deutsche
Grammophon, Angela Hewitt has been declared as "nothing less than the
pianist who will define Bach performance on the piano for years to
come" (Stereophile). In 1994 she embarked on a ten-year
project to record all of the major keyboard works by Bach for the
Hyperion label. The Inventions, French Suites, Partitas, the complete
Well-Tempered Clavier, and Goldberg Variations are
receiving worldwide acclaim for their artistry, "effortlessly
eclipsing all competitors" (Gramophone 1997). Both Book I and
Book II of the Well-Tempered Clavier were chosen as among the
Top 50 CDs of 1999 in BBC Music Magazine, and were also
highlighted in Gramophone's Critics' Choice. Book I
received a Juno Award in Canada. In 2000, she began recording the
complete solo works of Ravel.
Prior to her Toronto Bach Competition victory, Angela Hewitt
placed First in Italy's Viotti Competition (1978) and was a top
prizewinner in the International Bach competitions of Leipzig and
Washington, D.C., as well as the Schumann Competition in Zwickau, the
Casadesus Competition in Cleveland, and the Dino Ciani Competition at
La Scala, Milan.
Hewitt's frequent solo recitals have taken her to many of the
world's most prestigious venues, including Davies Symphony Hall
in San Francisco, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., London's
Wigmore Hall, Paris' Salle Gaveau, Tokyo's Bunka Kaikan,
and the Sydney Opera House.
Tickets for this Great Performers recital with Angela Hewitt on
Friday, October 4, are on sale now at $24.50, $38.00 and $48.00, with
box seats at $56.50 (GST and Facility Fee included) at the NAC Box
Office (Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 21:00), and through
Ticketmaster
(with surcharges) at 613-755-1111. Ticketmaster may also be accessed
through the NAC's website at www.nac-cna.ca.
Half-price tickets for students in all sections of the hall are on
sale in person at the NAC Box Office upon presentation of a valid
student ID card.
Subscriptions for the season are also still available by calling
the Subscription Office at 613-947-7000, ext. 620.
