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Complete Scriabin Sonatas
It is now only three days from my first performance of the ten sonatas of Alexander Scriabin. This is a project that has occupied me for some time: I first played the fifth sonata in 1984, in the intervening years I learned eight more, and this year I studied the final one. I am not […]
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Pushkin House review
The May-June issue of International Piano carries this review: Concert – Jonathan Powell at Pushkin House, London Rachmaninoff Études tableaux op.33. Lyadov Barcarolle. Eiges Sonata no.2. Scriabin Sonata no.2. Conus Song without Words op.17. Mood Picture op.19 no.2. Regrets op.31 no.8. Blumenfeld Sonate-Fantaisie. 5 March 2009 Jonathan Powell turns up unknown composers as pigs dig […]
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Reviews of Goldenweiser CD
My recording of Alexander Goldenweiser’s piano music has received some reviews. When a Westerner thinks of Alexander Goldenweiser, it is usually as one of the revered figures of the Russian piano tradition. Born three years after the Franco-Prussian War, Goldenweiser lived to see the Berlin Wall put up. He studied piano with Pabst and Siloti […]
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Footage from Slovakia
I was recently invited, at the last minute, to participate in the BabieLeto Festival in Levoca, Slovakia. I replaced the South African pianist Petronel Malan. Levoca itself is a fascinating walled mediaeval town, for more history and photos see here. The festival director David Conway made some films from the concerts (that also included the […]
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New CD and concerts
CONCERT AND CD LAUNCH 15 July: Bauer & Hieber (ex Schott-UE) 48 Gt Marlborough St, London W1F 7BB, 6.30pm Jonathan Powell, piano Tickets on door £8/5 concessions Scriabin: Sonata No. 10 Medtner: Prologue, Op.1, No.1; Skazka, Op. 9, No. 2; Canzona serenata, Op. 38, No. 5; Skazka Op. 35, No. 4 Tournemire: Cloches de Châteauneuf-du-Faou, […]
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Concert on Saturday
Just to draw attention to the concert on Saturday: 21 June: Bauer & Hieber (ex Schott-UE), 48 Gt Marlborough St, London W1F 7BB, 6.30pm with Jørgen Hald Nielsen Rachmaninoff: Suite no.2, Symphonic Dances Gnattali: Brasiliana no.8 Bentzon: Propostae novae More news soon on a CD release!
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One more report from Vienna …
Konzert Marx: Nicht Kommunist – Komponist! Von Daniel Wagner Wer war Joseph Marx? Komponist, Pianist, Musikgelehrter, potenzieller Präsidentschaftskandidat und Rezensent der “Wiener Zeitung”. Es bräuchte viele Definitionen zur Darstellung dieser Integrationsfigur der österreichischen usikgeschichte. Nüchtern betrachtet, muss man ihn anders beschreiben: Marx, der beinahe Vergessene. Damit es nicht so weit kommt, gründete eine Truppe engagierter […]
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Recent concerts
Here is a review from my concert in Vienna (28 January): British pianist Jonathan Powell shines with late Romantic piano music Vienna – it needed an English pianist to come to teach the Austrians a lesson in their own recent music history. Jonathan Powell is known for his recordings of rare piano music. He discovered, […]
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Another recording available
I have just made available a concert recording of my own Sonata VI; it can be found on the Recordings page. I played this piece in London on November 1st last year. A score will soon be available from the Bmic.
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More changes of date
My concert in London (Bauer & Hieber) is now on the 25th January, due to the recital on the 24th in Durham. Many thanks for your understanding. Tickets will be on sale on the door for the London concert which starts at 6.30pm. I have recently returned from the south of France where I recorded […]
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