{"id":10263,"date":"2025-02-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lingottomusica.it\/?post_type=news&p=10263"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:56:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:56:50","slug":"angela-hewitt-in-recital-with-bach-goldberg-variations","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/lingottomusica.it\/en\/news\/angela-hewitt-in-recital-with-bach-goldberg-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Hewitt in recital with Bach\u2019s Goldberg Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, March 4th<\/sup>, 8:30 PM at Sala 500<\/strong><\/h3>\n

One of the world\u2019s leading concert pianists, Angela Hewitt <\/b>performs the Bach<\/strong>\u2019s Goldberg Variations<\/strong><\/em>, BWV 988 <\/strong>at Sala 500 on Tuesday, March 4th, at 8:30 PM. As one of the foremost interpreters of Bach of our time, this marks her first appearance at Lingotto Musica for the Pianisti del Lingotto<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u00a0series.<\/p>\n

The great concert pianist Angela Hewitt makes her debut at Pianisti del Lingotto\u00a0<\/em>series<\/h3>\n

Born into a musical family, Angela Hewitt has inherited her passion for Bach from her father, the Cathedral organist and choirmaster in Ottawa.\u00a0She was a prizewinner in numerous piano competitions in Europe, Canada, and the USA, but it was her triumph in the 1985 Toronto International Bach Piano Competition<\/strong> that truly launched her international career. Angela\u2019s award-winning cycle of all the major keyboard works of Bach has been described as \u201cone of the record glories of our age\u201d (The Sunday Times). Begun in 1994, it culminated with her much-awaited recording of Bach\u2019s Art of Fugue<\/em> in 2014. Her extensive discography also includes solo recordings of Beethoven, Scarlatti, Handel, Couperin, Rameau, Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Faur\u00e9, Debussy, Chabrier, Ravel, Granados and Messiaen. In 2015, Angela was inducted into Gramophone Magazine\u2019s \u201cHall of Fame\u201d<\/strong>. In 2020 she was awarded the City of Leipzig Bach Medal<\/strong> (being the first woman in its 17-year history to receive the award).<\/p>\n

Bach\u2019s Goldberg<\/em> Variations<\/em>, a cornerstone of piano literature<\/h3>\n

50 years after her first\u00a0<\/em>performance, Angela Hewitt plays the Goldberg Variations<\/em><\/strong>, a masterpiece born in 1741 as Aria with Diverse Variations for the Harpsichord with Two Manuals<\/em>. Until then, Bach didn’t show interest for variations form, but with this composition inspired by a French sarabanda he reached a peak. A 32-movements architecture witch provides continuity and cohesion, a great example of what it means to built a perfect geometrical sound starting from a simple theme.<\/p>\n