Dear Ms Hewitt,
I have greatly enjoyed your performances of the solo piano music of Maurice Ravel - you have undoubtedly brought fresh insights to the music. I have also been enjoying your playing of Couperin. Have you thought of bringing out a disc, or better, a series of discs of the music of Domenico Scarlatti? I wish you continuing success.
Dear Angela:
I am the one that had an ordinary soul and listening to you plying Bach my soul improve so much that I have now the soul of an angel!
Thank you for playing Bach as if you were Bach!!
Dear Angela--I'm exhausted just reading that 3/14 entry, thank you for sharing more of your amazing travels. With the way you work, I suspected that those 8 days on the calendar couldn't be totally free. Can't wait to hear more details about the new recordings. All the best. Rob NYC
Dear Ms. Hewitt--this is a wonderful website, you've put so much thought into it. The stories and photos let us go to each recital, each city, and share the experience with you. Just like your CD liner notes, it shows how much your fans mean to you. Thank you. Rob NYC (so sorry about your "New York in a snowstorm" experience, I apologize on behalf of my whole barking-mad city)
Dear Ms. Hewitt,
I am a clinical healthcare chaplain who works with the institutionalized, frail elderly. I use your CDs (such as I have) in my work with persons living with Alzheimer's and other dementias. A friend loaned me a DVD of you explaining Bach's WTC II. They were mesmerized and could follow you and the music to an unusual and extraordinary degree. One of the residents (a 93 year old female) asked "Who's that little girl playin' that piano?" And a gentleman (also with dementia), formerly a retired corporate executive who thinks we are always at a Board meeting--and who usually does not put sentences together--said after watching you and listening to the 24th Prelude and Fugue in B Minor from Book 2 (after I thought he was sleeping) "There is a God afterall". Miss Hewitt, I am writing this to say that your music (and Bach's) has touched a population you may not have been aware of.
Dearest incomparable Mrs. Hewitt,
only 24 hours after Hyperion gave the opportunity to buy on-line the new, sheer outstanding 2008 recording of the "48", I promptly bought the eagerly-awaited elegant 4-CD de luxe box. I could easily fill several dozens pages carefully, painstakingly describing each and every aspect of your new revelatory performance, but just in order not to be too boring: you opened new horizons to the human mind and the human soul, clearly showing that only the greatest intellects as you actually are can deeply move our lives, thus improving the understanding of that deep, unfathomable mystery which is our life.
With the very best regards and the greatest possible admiration for your sublime artistry.
Dr. Francesco Conca
Dear Ms. Hewitt,
Thank you so much for coming to Boston. The master class was very interesting, and everyone I spoke to agreed that the concert -- such variety -- was wonderful (despite the coughing in the audience). The Prelude in C was a beautiful way to end a great concert. Looking forward to your next visit to Boston.
Ms. Hewitt -
My wife, Judith, became familiar with your work via ClassicFM while on assignment to the American Embassy in London. She has been an avid fan ever since.
On Tuesday night last, we attended your recital at the University of Washington and were absolutely mesmerized by your performance.
Thanks so much for letting us hear your incredible talent and interpretation!
What a stunning cover on the forthcoming WTC CD. Your photographer deserves a bonus for capturing joyful beauty. I have Feltsman's set and have wisely procrastinated buying yours until now. Best regards.
Dear Ms Hewitt -
You have long been one of my favourite pianists and now I find out - much to my delight - of your Umbrian background and connections.
I take advantage of this space to tell you how greatly I appreciate your interpretation of Bach's works for keyboards. You're number 1 option when I order new recordings.
I very much hope to hear you next June at Lake Trasimento.
Francesco Bianchini
Todi (Perugia), Umbria