New at Noon: June 11, 2025
Pianist Angela Hewitt says, “When you play the complete works of Mozart, you get the most wonderful feeling for what his own playing must have been like. You feel how the music was created under his fingers; the joy he took in not only composing but showing off what he could do; but also, his temperament – the comedy, the tragedy, the melancholy. A life full of characters, situations, games, dance, and especially song. To play Mozart well, you must imitate a great singer, you must dance, and you must be a great conductor alongside playing your instrument.
”The New York Times raves: “Angela Hewitt is one of those rare musicians who seem to get something into their heads and hearts and find it at their fingertips instantaneously. To fuel this leap must require a fund of psychic energy beyond the average capacity. Good musicians are good athletes, not in the muscular sense but in the staying power of their imaginations. This pianist’s resolve to imbue every musical moment with an unrelenting sense of theater would exhaust most of us in 10 minutes.”
Angela Hewitt’s new collection of Mozart’s Sonatas, recorded on her beloved Fazioli piano, (a high-end, handcrafted concert grand) is the final volume of the complete set, and her 50th release on the Hyperion label. Listen Wednesday at 12:00 to hear her new recording of Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 15 in F Major (K. 533/494) NEW at NOON on 90.9 WGUC.
