Jack Dowland and Blind Joe Death - T01523658186MacGregor explores the idea of John Dowland as an early travelling blues musician, interweaving his beautiful lute songs, pavanes and galliards transcribed for piano with transcriptions of the legendary guitarist John Fahey. Like Dowland's lute, Fahey explored myth, love and death, with the help of his alter-ego, Blind Joe Death. | |
16 Mar 15 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165 listing details L0245896919 |
Cross Border - T0480553661This concert will be a musical sketch of Joanna MacGregor's life. Join her musical journey spanning across time and continents; from Bach Preludes and Gospel songs that she played as a child through to her first love, Thelonius Monk, and her first 'difficult' composer, Charles Ives. Experience the unique sounds collected from her travels across the Deep South and Latin America. | |
1 Feb 15 | Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, West End :: V165 listing details L1392371082 |
T1097166918Joanna will be playing a programme of Mozart and Ravel alongside St John's Chamber Orchestra. | |
8 Jun 14 | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L0111191687 |
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12 Oct 12 | Malvern Theatres, Malvern :: V01718852442 listing details L585925251 |
13 Nov 11 | New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L1248803793 |
+ Scanner - T0212515230Pianist and stellar artist Joanna MacGregor joins with conceptual artist Scanner in a live, improvised collaboration around Bach chorales, concertos and arias in an entirely visionary and original way.Performer Joanna MacGregor (piano). Performer Scanner (conceptual artist). | |
5 May 10 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L0399764091 |
T0701288216Pianist, conductor, composer and writer Joanna MacGregor performs in the second of a series of very special Brighton Dome recitals'. The series, which began with Radu Lupu (Oct 09) and continues later this year with Imogen Cooper, spotlights major figures on the international scene. | |
11 Apr 10 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L01414474781 |
and Britten Sinfonia - T01482719255Pianist Joanna MacGregor directs Britten Sinfonia in a wide-ranging and innovative programme, including her own arrangements of Dowland’s haunting English songs alongside music from Brazil (Gismonti) and Argentina (Piazzolla), and timeless works by Bach and Stravinsky. | |
23 Jan 10 | Roundhouse, West End :: V242 listing details L01720379256 |
T885627694Joanna Macgregor returns for a very special Christmas concert including the most grandly conceived works in the piano literature, Messiaen’s Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant-Jésus | |
19 Dec 09 | Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L0234247935 |
T01858829131Joanna performs the music of Bach, drawing on keyboard works: a selection of Preludes and Fugues from Book 1, the French Suite no.5, parts of the Goldberg Variations and The Art of Fugue. The programme features live, improvised collaboration with conceptual artist Scanner, touching on Bach’s Chorales and Cantatas. Scanner’s works experiment between sound, space, image and form and his albums are hailed by critics as innovative and inspirational works of contemporary electronic music. He has previously collaborated with Laurie Anderson, Radiohead and Steve McQueen, among others. | |
21 Feb 09 | De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea :: V651 listing details L040625148 |
Pictures at an Exhibition - T1428503887One of the world’s most wide-ranging, innovative and imaginative musicians, pianist Joanna MacGregor performs an eclectic programme that includes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, six mazurkas by Chopin, six dances by Bartók and Bach’s French Suite No.5. | |
17 Jan 09 | Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975 listing details L038493882 |
American Journeys, North and South - T558487264 | |
24 Mar 06 | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L1494025403 |
T01849917801Music Bach (Goldberg Variations). Music Schubert (Impromptus). Music Piazzola (Six Tangos). | |
13 Mar 05 | Theatr Clwyd, Mold :: V810 listing details L1247001774 |
T0746643150Joanna performs her own arrangements of Lost Highway and Piazzolla's Six Tangos, and Beethoven's Variations on a Theme by Diabelli. | |
16 May 04 | Corn Exchange, Newbury :: V732 listing details L0224891499 |
T01556113812Performer Joanna MacGregor (piano). Music Schubert (4 Impromptus D899). Music Piazzolla (Arr MacGregor - 6 Tangos). Music Beethoven (33 Variations in C Major on a Waltz by Diabelli Op 120). Music Schubert (Dances from the New World). | |
15 May 04 | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L1055991287 |
T1454741067Music Beethoven (Bagtelles Op 119). Music Django Bates (Three Jazz Pieces). Music Bartok (Sonata Sz 80). Music Bach (The Goldberg Variations). | |
26 Apr 03 | Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L1454741426 |
T1956454704Company Britten Sinfonia. Director Joanna MacGregor (piano). Performer Pauline Lowbury (violin). Performer Miranda Dale (violin). Performer Martin Outram (viola). Performer Caroline Dearnley (cello). Music Bartok (6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm). Music William Byrd (Hugh Ashton's Ground). Music Alasdair Nicolson (42nd Street Stomp). Music Skalkottas (5 Greek Dances). Music Piazzolla (arr MacGregor - 3 Tangos). Music Shostakovich (Piano Quintet). | |
14 Nov 02 | Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham :: V0165922284 listing details L1710340683 |
T0274052191Company Britten Sinfonia (soloists). Music Bartok (6 Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm 8). Music William Byrd (Hugh Ashton's Ground 7). Music Alasdair Nicolson (42nd St Stomp). Music Skalkottas (5 Greek Dances). Music Piazzolla (arr MacGregor - 3 Tangos). Music Shostakovich (Piano Quintet). | |
10 Nov 02 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L02050138592 |
T548204847Music Chick Corea (Children's Songs). Music Gyorgy Ligeti (Disorder Rainbow and Autumn in Warsaw). Music Piazolla (Milonga del Angel and LIbertango). Music Bartok (Sonata for Piano Sz 80). Music Ives (The Alcotts). Music Beethoven (Sonata No 32 in C Minor Op 111). | |
17 Mar 02 | Blackheath Halls, Outer London :: V1490866190 listing details L01040944986 |
Street Music - T430106204Tango-boogie-counterpoint-radio. A multimedia piano show for young people. Age 8+Performer Joanna MacGregor (piano). | |
15 Dec 01 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0606200921 |
T0285103101Company Britten Sinfonia. Music Schnittke (Piano Concerto). Music Arvo Part (Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten). Music Lou Harrison (Piano Concerto). Music Nitin Sawhney (specially commissioned orchestral work). | |
4 Nov 01 | Brighton Dome, Brighton :: V655 listing details L467439434 |
T0479649318Company Britten Sinfonia. Company Ensemble Bash. | |
18 Oct 01 | Chelmsford Theatre, Chelmsford :: V32 listing details L0917159459 |
T2022882694Performer Joanna MacGregor. Performer Ultramarine. Performer Kathy Hinde (visual artist). Performer Matthew Fairclough (sound diffusion). | |
23 May 01 | Hackney Picturehouse (formerly Hackney Ocean), Outer London :: V01995268682 listing details L01897045063 |
T062130760Music Samuel Barber (Excursions Op 20). Music George Crumb (A Little Suite for Christmas). Music Stravinsky (Three pieces from Petruschka). Music Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition - Suite for piano). | |
6 Apr 01 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L74710515 |
T57725888Performer Joana McGregor (piano). Music Samuel Barber (Excursions op 20). Music Crumbs (Little Suite for Christmas AD1979). Music Trad / Russian (Folk Songs). Music Stravinsky (3 Movements from Petrouchka). | |
2 Apr 01 | Wigmore Hall, Inner London :: V01709318027 listing details L5759259 |
T1466323446Music Samuel Barber (Excursions Op 20). Music George Crumb (A Little Suite for Christmas). Music Stravinsky (Three pieces from Petruschka). Music Mussorgsky (Pictures at an Exhibition - suite for piano). | |
22 Oct 00 | Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre), Poole :: V910 listing details L01157169175 |
T310122968Music Kurtag (Spiele). Music Scriabin (Sonata No 9 in F Black Mass). Music Stravinsky (Three Pieces from Petrushka). Music Debussy (Three Studies). Music Messiaen (Le Baiser de L'enfant Jesus). Music Rzewski (Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues). | |
9 Mar 00 | Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183 listing details L653843994 |
T1634764497Perilous Night. | |
19 Feb 00 | Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V568 listing details L01765460976 |
T063411596Performer Joanna McGregor (piano). Performer Andrew Stones (digital artist). Music Bach. Music Dowland. Music Byrd. | |
17 Nov 99 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01124559073 |
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14 Jan 15 | Capstone Theatre, Liverpool :: V0538369222 listing details L01568952987 |
7 Feb 09 | Blackheath Halls, Outer London :: V1490866190 listing details L1071185500 |
21 May 04 | Cabot Square, Outer London :: V1094 listing details L01839134442 |
18 May 03 | Corn Exchange, Newbury :: V732 listing details L0637492333 |
15 Dec 98 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L0172494929 |