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St John’s International Piano Series: Angela Hewitt
25 January @ 7.30pm
About St John’s International Piano Series: Angela Hewitt
J.S. Bach
Toccata in D major, BWV912
French Suite no.5 in G major, BWV816
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in d minor, BWV903
Interval
Partita no.5 in G major, BWV829
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV971
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV894
As a child, Angela Hewitt listened to her organist father play Bach in Ottawa Cathedral; her career was launched in 1985 when she won first prize at the Toronto International Bach Competition; in 2022, she completed her Bach Odyssey, a project to perform all J.S. Bach’s keyboard works in major venues around the world. It is a treat to have her present a complete J.S. Bach concert for us.
The programme starts with Bach in his twenties, composing improvisatory toccatas at the court in Weimar. Next, we catch him in Köthen, aged thirty and writing the French suites as teaching aids. Then on to Leipzig, where, at fifty, he brilliantly reimagines an Italian Concerto for the keyboard.
At this point, chronology is thrown to the wind. Prelude and Fugue in A minor is the work of a fiery young Bach, eager to show off his virtuosity as a performer. The gigue fugue in perpetual motion never once lets up – an electrifying end to this concert.
Tickets
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Booking information
Ticket prices:
From £7.00 to £48.00
A fee of £1.50 per transaction applies to bookings for this event across all channels – website, phone and in-person bookings at the Box Office. The fee is waived for Oxford Playhouse members.
Dates & times:
Sunday 25 January 2026 at 7.30pm
Doors open at 7.00pm
Running time:
2 hours, with an interval
