Performance on 3 - Angela Hewitt

Presented by Petroc Trelawny Bach’s keyboard masterpiece is performed by one of the great Bach interpreters of our time. Renowned Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt performs the Goldberg Variations in a recording of a concert she gave at London’s Royal Festival Hall in April. Whether the famous story that Bach wrote the work so it could be played to sooth the troubled nights of an insomniac Russian Count is true or not – its artistic worth is much greater than the golden cup stuffed with gold coins he was allegedly paid for it’s composition. Comprised of an achingly beautiful aria and 30 variations based on the bass line and chords that accompany the melody the work is one of the greatest examples of variation form in the whole of classical music. Bach – Goldberg Variations Angela Hewitt (piano) Followed by ballet music chosen by stars of the Royal Ballet. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor's choice is the ballet Quintett for William Forsythe with music by Gavin Bryars. Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet Tramp & unnamed orchestra POINT 438 823-2 Jonathan Cope introduces a work used in Kenneth MacMillan's ballet "Mayerling": Liszt arr. John Lanchbury - Transcendental Study No. 11 (Harmonie du soir in Db) Royal Opera House Orchestra Barry Wordsworth (conductor) From Opus Arte DVD of "Mayerling" And ending the evening, more British ballet music: Constant Lambert - Horoscope English Northern Sinfonia David Lloyd-Jones (conductor) HYPERION CDH 55099