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Newsletter | New Year 2016 |
New Year - New CD! Launch Event To celebrate the release of his newest
Brahms recording, Vol.3, Jonathan will be giving a FREE recital at
London's Conway Hall as part of the prestigious 'Rhinegold LIVE'
recital series on Thursday 4th February. Preceded by a drinks
reception, it will be followed by an informal Q&A with the Editor
of International Piano Magazine. Jonathan will also sign
copies of the CD. Regular readers of this Newsletter will know
that Jonathan’s earlier Brahms releases received widespread critical
acclaim, earning him ‘Editor's Choice’ and 5-star reviews across
BBC Music Magazine, ABC Limelight and Gramophone magazines,
as well as an
‘Outstanding’ Award from International Record Review; his
interpretations are being compared to those of Lupu, Katchen, Arrau and
Pires. https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/a/-/2497/Jonathan-Plowright/medium-SACD/1 |
First
review of the new Vol.3 CD : "..to my ears, and not just mine, he is one of the finest guides around at the moment" Andrew McGregor, BBC Radio 3, CD Review, 8th January 2016 Read all recording reviews here |
Fourth 'Romantic Piano Concerto' CD Released
February
also sees the release of Jonathan's 4th CD in the renowned Hyperion
Records 'Romantic Piano Concerto Series'. Recorded back in
2014 it features two Concerti and a Ballade for Piano and Orchestra,
with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lukasz
Borowicz. One of the most Romantic concertos he has played,
Jonathan was thrilled to perform the 1st Concerto with the Warsaw
Philharmonic Orchestra to a capacity audience of 1,000 on Valentines
Day 2015 (and repeated the following day to another audience of 1,000). The reviewer in the national music magazine Ruch
Muzyczny, wrote "The
performance
of Jonathan Plowright, the most Polish among foreigner pianists,
and simply
an ambassador of our music, was the centre and core of
the evening." |
Read all concert reviews here |
Jonathan is Husum Piano Festival's "Mr Piano"! Following his fifth appearance at this "unique
musical paradise" for lovers of the piano repertoire, Jonathan was once
again enthusiastically received as the glowing reviews
attest: "Sollte beim Blick über die Husumer
Raritätenjahre hinweg der Titel eines „Mr. Piano“ vergeben werden, wäre
Jonathan Plowright – seit 2003 zum fünften Mal im Rittersaal zu Gast –
ein starker Favorit. Bei ihm meint man die Seele des Flügels sprechen
und singen zu hören: machtvoll, doch nie dröhnend, sensibel ohne
Verzärtelung, mit wundervollem Legato ohne Pedalschlieren und mit
trocken pointiertem, doch nie hartem Direktklang, wo die Musik es
erfordert." |
Read all concert reviews here |
A Surprise Presentation During the interval of his recital for Clitheroe Concerts Society in November Jonathan was taken by surprise by music students from his nearby former school when they presented him with his Grade 8 examination certificate! Found in an old drawer, dusted off and framed, they thought it was about time he took possession of it, much to the amusement of the Clitheroe Society ... who according to their Chairman said how good it was to "hear such a consummately brilliant musician such as Jonathan in Clitheroe. The elderly lady living opposite me came across the road to say that she had been going to concerts all her life and had never been to such a good one or such an enjoyable one" https://twitter.com/Stonyhurst/status/662032197206081537 |
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Forthcoming Firsts In the second half of the season Jonathan's concerts
will all be firsts in one way or another: |
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PRESS*********** TICKETS FOR JONATHAN'S FIRST RECITAL IN THE WIGMORE HALL 'LONDON PIANOFORTE SERIES' WILL GO ON SALE ON 5th FEBRUARY: DETAILS HERE |
Coming up soon 9 - 11 January Recording Brahms Vol.4, BIS Records, Potton Hall 4 February Brahms Vol.3 CD Launch, Rhinegold Live Recital Series, Conway Hall, London Click here for further information and to order your FREE tickets 11 March Shostakovich Piano Quintet with Brodsky Quartet, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Piano Festival, Glasgow Click here for further information and tickets 4 April Solo Recital, Allerheiligen Hofkirche, Munich, Germany Click here for further information and tickets 29 April Paderewski Piano Concerto, Szczecin Philharmonia, Poland Click here for further information and tickets |
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.......................and finally In the last Newsletter I asked what did Jonathan, Hugh Grant and Liszt have in common? I can now reveal that Jonathan will make a brief (and probably unrecognisable!) appearance, as a pianist called Ernest Ziegler, in the forthcoming film about Florence Foster Jenkins directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, Jonathan shares a scene with their characters in which he performs excerpts from Liszt's 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody for them.....which doesn't go down too well! Watch out for the release later in 2016! |
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