Angela Hewitt Directs
Angela Hewitt (c) Peter Hundert
Angela Hewitt piano/director
Thomas Gould violin/director
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2
Sibelius Scene with Cranes
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Acknowledged as one of the finest pianists of her generation, Angela Hewitt makes an eagerly awaited return to direct Britten Sinfonia following her 2011 performances of Mozart and Bach.
In this concert she performs two of Beethoven’s famed piano concertos: his youthful second, and intimate and serene fourth, a pillar of the piano concerto repertoire. Alongside the two concertos, Britten Sinfonia's Associate Leader, Thomas Gould directs the orchestra in Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Sibelius’ ethereal Scene with Cranes.
In Conversation - 6.30pm
Free pre-concert talk with Angela Hewitt
Tickets for the performance in Cambridge have now sold out.
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Related Links
Angela Hewitt's biography
Thomas Gould's biography
Find out more about Angela Hewitt on our blog
Audio samples
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2
Sibelius Scene with Cranes
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4
Dates
Norwich
Tuesday 08 January
7.30pm
Box Office: 01603 630000
Cambridge
Friday 11 January
7.30pm
Box Office: 01223 357851
London
Wednesday 16 January
7.30pm
Box Office: 020 7638 8891
