TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS
PRESENTS

AWARD-WINNING PIANIST
ANGELA HEWITT

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2012, 7:00 P.M.
AT BATES RECITAL HALL

Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music

“Ms. Hewitt is one of those rare musicians who seem to get something into their heads and hearts and find it at their fingertips instantaneously.”
The New York Times

This performance is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with additional support from the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Executive Vice President and Provost of The University of Texas at Austin.

Award-winning Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt makes her first appearance at Texas Performing Arts, Sunday, February 19 at Bates Recital Hall. London’s Sunday Times calls her one of the reliably mesmerizing musicians of the day and the complete performer. Hewitt’s eleven-year project to record the entire major keyboard works of Bach has been hailed as one of the recorded glories of our age and her musicianship and virtuosity make her one of the most captivating and in-demand classical performers.

Angela Hewitt was named Gramophone Artist of the Year in 2006, and was awarded the first ever BBC Radio 3 Listener’s Award (Royal Philharmonic Society Awards) in 2003. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2006.

PROGRAM:
Bach: French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812
Bach: Toccata in D major, BWV 912
Bach: English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807
Ravel: Sonatine
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin

For more information, please visit http://texasperformingarts.org/season/hewitt.

CALENDAR LISTING
Sunday, February 19, 2012, 7:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents Angela Hewitt, Piano at Bates Recital Hall (2420 Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus: texasperformingarts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($32 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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