In the second of her two recitals this season, Angela Hewitt returns to Bach's The Art of Fugue, the composer's fascinating and intricate journeys in high-Baroque counterpoint.
Her recital begins with a transcription of Bach's C minor Passacaglia written in the grand romantic style by the 19th-century composer-pianist Eugen d'Albert.
She follows this with Beethoven's penultimate Piano Sonata, Op.110 in A flat, in which Bach-influenced fugues meet the searching, philosophical world characteristic of Beethoven's late compositions. Humour, mysticism and virtuosity all play a vital role.
'If you want the sheer joy of human creation and recreation, then go to a piano recital by Angela Hewitt' (The Times).
