Jonathan Powell (piano)

Web page for Jonathan Powell

Recordings

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9067 (2002)
    • Track 1: Passeggiata Veneziana (22:29)
    • Track 2: Villa Tasca (54:25)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9068 (2003)
    • Track 1-3: Toccata No. 1 (74:54)
    • Track 1: I Preludio-corale – II Passacaglia (45:28)
    • Track 2: III Cadenza-figurale (3:06)
    • Track 3: IV Fuga – V Coda-Stretta (26:19)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9069 (3CDs) (2004)
    • Track 1-5: Piano Sonata No. 4 (137:24)
    • Track 1: I Vivo-arditamente (47:44)
    • Track 2: II Lento-languido e sonnolente Count Tasca’s Garden (35:46)
    • Track 3-5: III Preludio-Scherzo-Cadenza; Fuga I; Fuga II-Coda-Stretta (55:54)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9084 (2004)
    • Track 1-5: Fantasia Ispanica (63:56)
    • Track 1: I Preludio; Introduzione (4:19)
    • Track 2: II Molto moderato (15:48)
    • Track 3: III (12:13)
    • Track 4: IV Quasi habanera (24:26)
    • Track 5: V Coda; Finale (7:07)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9083 (2005)
    • Track 1-3: Rosario d’Arabeschi (36:44)
    • Track 1: (6:46)
    • Track 2: (22:51)
    • Track 3: (7:07)
    • Track 4: Gulistān (35:34)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9081 (2007)
    • Track 1-3: Concerto per suonare da me solo (66:35)
    • Track 1: I Brioso focosamente (22:06)
    • Track 2: II [adagio] (21:34)
    • Track 3: III Scherzo diabolico (22:55)

  • Altarus Records AIR-CD-9082 (2007)
    • Track 1-17: Un nido di scatole (31:37)
    • Track 1: Dapprima ecco la cosa che contengono le scatole. Con impetuosità. (0:33)
    • Track 2: La prima scatola. Fuggitivo. (0:43)
    • Track 3: La seconda scatola. (0:52)
    • Track 4: La terza scatola. Abbastanza soave. (2:03)
    • Track 5: La quarta. Un pochino religioso, ma senza ipocrisia alcuna! Piccolo preludio tascabile. (4:27)
    • Track 6: La quinta. La mezza via tra legato i distaccato. (0:46)
    • Track 7: La sesta. Con impertinenza graziosa. (2:07)
    • Track 8: La settima. (“Omnium ecclesiarum urbis et orbis Mater et Caput”). (2:47)
    • Track 9: L’ottava. Arabeschi gammatici. (Macche!) (1:14)
    • Track 10: La nona. Ostinatissima come mai. (4:56)
    • Track 11: La decima. Languido e sonnolento. (3:16)
    • Track 12: L’undicesima. L’algolagniaco. (1:31)
    • Track 13: La dodicesima. Con vivacissima impetuosità. (0:46)
    • Track 14: La tredicesima. Con raffinamento affettato, quasi di piccola borghese che vorebbe darsi delle arie d’essere gran dama. (0:51)
    • Track 15: La quattordicesima. Ein kleines Heldentenorleben. Mit Schwung, feurig. (1:28)
    • Track 16: La quindicesima. Toccatissima. Si guarda un tocco sempre non legato, cioè quasi spiccato dei violinisti. (1:15)
    • Track 17: La sedicesima. A rivederci! Con grande flessibilità. (1:53)
    • Track 18: Nocturne: Djâmi (26:48)
    • Track 19: St Bertrand de Comminges (18:49)

  • Piano Classics PCL10206 (January 2020)
    • Track 1-28: Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ (503:48)
    • Track 1: Theme - Largo Legatissimo sempre e nello stile medioevale detto ‘organum’ (4:29)
    • Track 2: I. Vivace (spiccato assai) (7:59)
    • Track 3: II. Moderato (8:01)
    • Track 4: III. Legato, soave e liscio (8:30)
    • Track 5: IV. [Tranquillo e piano] (64:45)
    • Track 6: V. Ardito, focosamente (8:23)
    • Track 7: VI. Vivace e leggiero (3:30)
    • Track 8: VII. [L'istesso tempo] (2:27)
    • Track 9: VIII. Tempo di Valzer con molta fantasia, disinvoltura e eleganza (20:54)
    • Track 10: IX. Capriccioso (11:27)
    • Track 11: X. Il tutto in una sonorita piena, dolce, morbida, calda e voluttuosa (33:13)
    • Track 12: XI. Vivace e secco (2:19)
    • Track 13: XII. Leggiero a capriccio (7:16)
    • Track 14: XIII. Aria: Con fantasia e dolcezza (22:16)
    • Track 15: XIV. Punta d’organo (26:48)
    • Track 16: XV. Hispanica (13:08)
    • Track 17: XVI. Marcia funebre (4:34)
    • Track 18: XVII. Soave e dolce (3:24)
    • Track 19: XVIII. Duro, irato, energico (10:27)
    • Track 20: XIX. Quasi Debussy (7:28)
    • Track 21: XX. Spiccato, leggiero (3:43)
    • Track 22: XXI. Legatissimo, dolce e soave (8:49)
    • Track 23: XXII. Passacaglia [with 100 variations] (97:31)
    • Track 24: XXIII. Con brio (12:21)
    • Track 25: XXIV. Oscuro, sordo (10:47)
    • Track 26: XXV. Sotto voce, scorrevole (2:16)
    • Track 27: XXVI. Largamente pomposo e maestoso (16:24)
    • Track 28: XXVII. Fuga quintuplice a due, tre, quattro, cinque e sei voci ed a cinque soggetti (79:58)

  • Brilliant Classics 96356 (January 2021)
    • Track 25: Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ Variation IV, Part 1 (50:27)

Pieces performed

Performances

  • 24/05/1990 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 18/06/1991 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 17/06/1997 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 10/02/2000 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 79 Rosario d’Arabeschi
  • 10/11/2000 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Conway Hall, London, UK
    Planet Tree Festival
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 01/03/2001 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 74 Un nido di scatole
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 15/05/2001 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 100 Villa Tasca
  • 15/05/2001 Loré Lixenberg (soprano), Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 3 Roses du soir
    • 65 Trois Poèmes
  • 26/10/2001 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Great Hall, King’s College, London University, London, UK
    • 55 Fantasia Ispanica
  • 18/12/2001 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    British Music Information Centre, London, UK
    • 46 Toccata No. 1
  • 27/01/2002 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Kettle’s Yard, Bridge Street, Cambridge, UK
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 08/03/2002 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Holywell Music Room, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 02/05/2002 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Great Hall, King’s College, London University, London, UK
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
  • 25/07/2002 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    The Warehouse, Theed Street, London, UK
    • 48 Piano Sonata No. 4
  • 10/01/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Johanneskirkko seurakuntasali, Helsinki, Finland
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 28/01/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    St. Cyprian’s Church, London, UK
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 01/02/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands
    “Rondom Kaikhosru Sorabji”
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 66 100 Transcendental Studies [4,84]
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 16/09/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Purcell Room, London, UK
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 13/02/2004 Sarah Leonard (soprano), Jonathan Powell (piano)
    St Cyprian’s Church, London, UK
    • 3 Roses du soir
    • 4 L’heure exquise
    • 7 Apparition
    • 21 Trois poèmes pour chant et piano
    • 37 Trois fêtes galantes de Verlaine
    • 65 Trois Poèmes
  • 20/02/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    St Cyprian’s Church, London, UK
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
    • 64 St Bertrand de Comminges
    • 86 20 Frammenti Aforistici
  • 20/06/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Merkin Hall, New York NY, USA
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 16/07/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Spazia Energia, Reggello, Italy
    Reggello Festival
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 25/08/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Rittersaal/Konzertsaal, Schloß vor Husum, Husum, Germany
    Raritäten der Klaviermusik
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 04/09/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Sulham House, Tidmarsh, Pangbourne, Reading, UK
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
  • 12/03/2005 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Almi Hall, Opera House, Helsinki, Finland
    “Musica Nova” Festival
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 17/03/2005 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Sheremetev Palace, 34 Fontanka River Embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 24/07/2005 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Salle Pasteur, Centre Corum, Montpellier, France
    Montpellier Festival
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
    • 98 Il grido del gallino d’oro
  • 22/04/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Oceanic Studio, Twickenham, London, UK
    • 41a Fragment (Prelude and Fugue)
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
  • 22/06/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    St John Smith’s Square, London, UK
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 22/08/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Rittersaal/Konzertsaal, Schloß vor Husum, Husum, Germany
    Raritäten der Klaviermusik
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 13/09/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Musikteatret , Vedelsgade 25-31, Vejle, Denmark
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 28/11/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Ploshchad’ iskusstv 3 (Arts Square, 3), St Petersburg, Russia
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 30/11/2007 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Music School of the Moscow Conservatoire, Bolshaya Nikitsaya, Moscow, Russia
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 25/01/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Bauer & Hieber, 48 Gt Marlborough St, London, UK
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 28/01/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Barocksaal (Altes Rathaus), Wipplingerstr. 8, Wien, Austria
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 03/02/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Soyuz kompozitorov Rossii, Fund Yurgensona, Moscow, Russia
    Private recital
    • 70 Schlußszene aus Salome von Richard Strauss
  • 29/10/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Bauer & Hieber, London, UK
    • 100 Villa Tasca
  • 20/11/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Nordjysk Musikkonservatorium, Ryesgade 52, Ålborg, Denmark
    • 100 Villa Tasca
  • 23/11/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Muziekcentrum De Toonzaal, Prins Bernardstraat 4-6, ’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
    • 100 Villa Tasca
  • 18/12/2008 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Bauer & Hieber, London, UK
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [Theme/i-xiii]
  • 29/01/2010 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Schott Recital Room, 48 Gt Marlborough St, London, UK
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [xiv-xxii]
  • 18/06/2010 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Glasgow University Concert Hall , Glasgow, UK
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 02/09/2010 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Schott Recital Room, London, UK
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 05/10/2012 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Philharmonia Hall, Kirovograd, Ukraine
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 24/02/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    School of Arts, Bijlokestudio, Ghent, Belgium
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [Theme/1-13/15-17/19/14]
  • 05/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Glenfinnan Church, Glenfinnan, UK
    Loch Shiel Festival
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 17/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Masterclass, Kiev, Ukraine
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 24/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pre Building, Oxford, UK
    Alkan Centenary Recital
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 01/06/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Schott Recital Room, London, UK
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 14/06/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Klub Pracowników Politechniki Slaskiej, ul. Banacha 3, Gliwice, Poland
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 27/10/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    De Toonzaal, s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
    (12.30pm)
    • 95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
  • 02/11/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
    (2.30pm)
    • 95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
  • 18/09/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Redoutezaal La Bonbonnière, Maastricht, Netherlands
    Musica Sacra Festival
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 28/10/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA
    Poncho Concert Hall
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 01/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, USA
    Poncho Concert Hall
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 05/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Trinity Presbyterian Church, Arvada, CO, USA
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 08/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Denver, CO, USA
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 10/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Spectrum, New York, NY, USA
    121 Ludlow
    • 35 Le Jardin Parfumé
  • 15/11/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    PianoForte Studios, 1335 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, USA
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 07/06/2016 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    University Hall, Tartu, Estonia
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 17/06/2016 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Temppeliaukion kirkko, Helsinki, Finland
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
  • 05/05/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    St Michael’s Church, Brighton, UK
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 09/05/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Rosslyn Hill Chapel, London, UK
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 13/05/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 01/10/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Musentempel, Karlsruhe, Germany
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 06/10/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 13/11/2017 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    JAMU (Janacek Academy) concert hall, Brno, Czech Republic
    • 50 Opus Clavicembalisticum
  • 16/01/2019 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, UK
    A concert in memory of Yonty Solomon (1936-2008)
    • 13 Désir Eperdu
  • 27/01/2019 Betty Makharinsky (soprano), Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
    • 3 Roses du soir
    • 4 L’heure exquise
  • 27/01/2019 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
    • 13 Désir Eperdu
    • 17 Two Piano Pieces [In the Hothouse]
    • 43 Fragment
    • 96 4 Frammenti Aforistici
    • 102 Passeggiata variata
  • 25/02/2022 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford, UK
    Live stream
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [theme/iii/v/xiii/xvi/xvii/xi/xix/xiv]
  • 23/03/2022 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Jāzeps Vītols Music Academy, Riga, Latvia
    The performer will give a lecture the previous day at the same venue, on the composer and the piece.
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ
  • 01/04/2022 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Aula der Alten Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    Heidelberger Frühling: The Sorabji Project
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [first of five concerts]
  • 02/04/2022 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Aula der Alten Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    Heidelberger Frühling: The Sorabji Project
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [second and third of five concerts]
  • 03/04/2022 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Aula der Alten Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
    Heidelberger Frühling: The Sorabji Project
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [fourth and fifth of five concerts]

Broadcasts etc.

  • 14/02/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    NPS (Nederlandse Programma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
    “NPS in de Middag” (broadcast of part of concert given on 01/02/2003)
    • 66 100 Transcendental Studies [4,84]
    • 77 Passeggiata Veneziana
  • 05/03/2003 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    NPS (Nederlandse Programma Stichting), Hilversum, Netherlands [broadcast]
    “NPS in de Middag” (broadcast of part of concert given on 01/02/2003)
    • 63 Gulistān
  • 23/06/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    WPRB, Princeton NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “Classical Discoveries” programme
    • 48 Piano Sonata No. 4 [iii[1]]
  • 25/08/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    WPRB, Princeton NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    “Classical Discoveries” programme
    • 48 Piano Sonata No. 4
  • 21/09/2004 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Nordwest Radio/Radio Bremen, Bremen, Germany [broadcast of recording]
    “Der Kauz von Corfe Castle: Aus dem Nachlaß von Kaikhosru Sorabji”
    • 46 Toccata No. 1 [extract]
  • 21/11/2005 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Radio France, France Musique, Paris, France [broadcast]
    Montpellier Festival (broadcast of part of concert of 24/07/2005)
    • 20 Piano Sonata No. 1
    • 63 Gulistān
    • 69 Concerto per suonare da me solo
  • 22/11/2005 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Radio France, France Musique, Paris, France [broadcast]
    Montpellier Festival (broadcast of part of concert of 24/07/2005)
    • 98 Il grido del gallino d’oro
  • 06/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast]
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [Theme/2-5/8-10/13/16-22/26-27]
  • 13/05/2013 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [repeat broadcast]
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [Theme/2-5/8-10/13/16-22/26-27]
  • 14/08/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [broadcast]
    • 95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
  • 21/08/2014 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    De Concertzender, , Netherlands [repeat broadcast]
    • 95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
  • 30/05/2019 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    ORF Austrian Radio, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
    Faszinosum Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji: Opus - das Musikkolloquium
    • 63 Gulistān [extract]
  • 29/09/2020 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    WFMU Radio, Jersey City, NJ, USA [broadcast of recording]
    A440 / Stochastic Hit Parade with Bethany Ryker
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [20]
  • 29/09/2020 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    XRayFM, Portland, OR, USA [broadcast of recording]
    The Darkest Hour 229
    • 47 Nocturne: Djâmi
  • 29/10/2020 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Latvijas Radio, LR3, Riga, Latvia [broadcast of recording]
    “Klasikā” pirmoreiz
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [theme/1/2/15/16/19/27[iii]]
  • 02/11/2020 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    RTVE Radio clásica, Madrid, Spain [broadcast of recording]
    Miramondo multiplo
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [theme/10/22[1-50]]
  • 10/12/2020 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    Radio Klassik Stephansdom, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
    Rubato
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [theme/1x/12x/15x/23x/27(i)x]
  • 07/02/2021 Jonathan Powell (piano)
    ORF: Ö1, Vienna, Austria [broadcast of recording]
    CD-Premiere eines complexen Riesenwerks
    • 71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ [x]