Dear Angela,
I send you greetings from Kabul, Afganistan. I am here on a project with the World Food Programme. We have met on a couple of occasions in Guelph and more recently in Toronto (the Goldberg Quilt?). Just wanted to let you know that I have played your Bach CDs to Afghans here who have greeted the music with a stunned silence after hearing your playing of Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring. A typical comment was the music must have come from God. Thought you ought to know that your playing brings peace and tranquility to a very troubled part of the world.
Love your website anf hope to make to your festival one year.
Quentin Johnson
Dear Angela,
Your concert (with 'conversazione') at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London last October was the highlight of my year. I loved the way you occasionally broke off the interview to illustrate various points of interpretation on the piano. I listen to your CDs on headphones all the time at work (essential to escape from the noise of an open-plan office), and the Goldbergs are my favourite: you bring out the dance rhythms and different voices so beautifully, especially Variation 24 in 9/8 time. This may be heresy, but I would just love to see an Irish dancer performing a slip jig to this piece! Thank you for all the joy that you give through your playing: not only is it technically impeccable, but your warmth and love of dance result in performances that are far above those of other pianists. And I love the Website! Best wishes, Robin
I have just visited your website , I knew your webpage at Hyperion but did not knew this one that I have just discover now by google annonces on my website.
I invite you to visit my website. I will make a link to your website in the few minutes....
Dear Angela: I attended the April 16th performance at the Chan Centre: what a total delightful experience. I love J.S. Bach, he’s my favorite composer and this was my best experience ever at a concert hall. I was on the edge of my seat for the whole performance. To listen to the music and watch you conduct was magic. What fantastic talent you have. Thank you for your commitment to J.S. Bach’s works, and your commitment to excellence. I look forward to hearing the recorded performance on CBC – if indeed they respond to my request regarding when it will be aired. The other highlight of the evening was to exchange a few words with you in the lobby that evening. You are a treasure. Thanks a million and God richly bless you.
Dear Angela,
Saw you play and conduct at the Chan Centre in mid April, 2005. I can't tell you how much we enjoyed it! You seemed to become a part of the music. So often we watch conductors trying to dominate the orchestra but you flowed right into the music. Thank you so much for a lovely evening.
Dear Angela, My partner and I went up to Vancouver from Portland and LOVED both evenings!! Are you going to record the Mozart concerti? If you do, please record K466 EXACTLY in the those bright tempi you played it!! On a less serious note, we also LOVED your gown and your hair!! Did you get your gowns in the US or Europe? We see from your schedule that you are traveling an unbelievable amount. Please don't overdo it!! Best - Tim Simchek
i have your Italian Concerto in F disc on Hyperion, and i always listen to it to derive more insight into my performance of the Concerto, and also, i have seen you twice in concert, and was amazed at your ability to move your fingers so gracefully in so many directions while crossing your hands...
especially in the Goldberg Variations, and the third movement of 1052 concerto in d minor.
hopefully i'll some day be able to do the same...
thank you for your energy and dedication to J.S. Bach, who happens to be my favourite composer.
I had the good fortune to see you perform at the Chan Center in Vancouver, BC April 15/05. It was an absolutely mind-shattering experience! From the opening notes to the very end I spent most of the evening hovering on the edge of my seat, hanging onto every note. The combination of your conducting and soloing was one of the most innovative and moving experiences I have had at a concert in a long time; perhaps ever. I purchased the entire Well- Tempered Clavier and was thrilled to find you signing CD's after the concert. Your graciousness after what must have been quite a tiring performance was greatly appreciated. I listened to the CD's as I made my way up Vancouver Island the next morning and found myself, at many points, travelling through a blur of tears. You dance through Bach in a way that the rest of us can only dream about. I am awed and humbled by your tenacity and dedication to such a vast and intricate work. You are an inspiration and I hope to attend many more of your performances in the future.
Hello there! In January I went to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa to hear and see you perform BWV988. I had not heard the Variations before but I was sure that the recital was going to be a stellar performance because I had already seen you live once with the NAC Orchestra, and it was an astonishing vista (I would describe your playing as 'God-like'). Well, that evening you took my breath away again. But, because I had only brought enough money to pay for my ticket, I couldn't buy any of your CDs that were on sale there. So after you finished, I ran out of the NAC and caught a bus home to get my wallet, then bussed BACK to the NAC as fast as I could, but, when I got there the Goldberg was sold out already (obviously). So, I had missed my chance to meet you and to buy an amazing CD. I was actually quite frustrated. So then I had to go to CD Warehouse in Ottawa to obtain it, and have been listening to it like every day since. My favourite would have to be Variation No. 20 - it is simply a God-like interpretation. I am also planning on buying most of your other Bach recordings, seeing as how he is my favourite composer. Also...also... I think your stage presence is mighty impressive. Maybe you'll perform in Ottawa again some time, so I can finally meet you - I see your tour is quite extensive (it must be the most awesome thing to go around touring the world as a classical virtuoso). Hail Hewitt! You have been an inspiration to further my own musicality. Bye now!
I recently read Ian Ewen's "Saturday" in which he mentions your name more than once and am quite intrigued. I hope to come see you at one of the two Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concerts which you are conducting at the Chan Centre this weekend. The acoustics at Chan Centre, University of British Columbia, should be perfect for your piano programme - hopefully you will find the venue just as delightful as the famed Carnegie Hall! After all, there will be no distant trains hums.
Cheers, from the West Coast, Canada.
