Episode 191. Each workday a programme about the oeuvre of the great master Johann Sebastian Bach with producer Govert Jan Bach and back in town host Joop van Zijl! A soloist portrait of the Canadian piano player Angela Hewitt.
We will start the new Bach Ad Infinitum season with a soloist portrait of the Canadian piano player Angela Hewitt.
Angela Hewitt has been fascinated by Bach music for years. She recorded all the most important piano works of Bach in a ten year running project and is one of the most prominent Bach performers. On Wednesday 17 September she will play the entire Kunst der Fuge in the Muziekgebouw at ‘t IJ in Amsterdam.
1. Sinfonia BWV 29
2. Siciliano BWV 1031
3. Nun komm der Heiden heiland BWV 659
4. Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme
5. Ich ruf zu dir herr Jesu Christ BWV 639
6. Sheep may safely graze
7. Passacaglia in c BWV 529
8. Jesu, joy of man’s desiring; Herzlich tut mich verlangen; Meine seele erhebt den Herrn; Die Seele ruht in Jesu Haenden; Alle Menschen muessen sterben
Angela Hewitt, piano
(Hyperion CDA67309)
Hosted by: Joop van Zijl
