“In many ways, the act of performing Bach’s original keyboard music on the ... Read more
New Album Release: Romantic Bach
Written by Jayson, Monday 4th February 2019
Jayson Gillham – Romantic Bach: From Intimate to Epic (CD ALBUM)
Australia/NZ release: 2 Nov 2018
Worldwide release: 25 Jan 2019
Featuring 11 of Bach’s compositions transcribed and arranged, from Rachmaninoff’s arrangement of the Violin Partita in E major into a pianistic showpiece, to Myra Hess’s sublime ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’, Jayson Gillham’s latest release is a love letter to Bach from a who’s who of the great pianists and pianist-composers –Rachmaninoff, Percy Grainger, Hess, Busoni, Siloti and ... Read more
Jayson Gillham included in Presto Editor's Choice in August
Written by Jayson, Monday 2nd October 2017
“The young Australian pianist is the most persuasive of advocates for Medtner’s neglected First Concerto, his bright timbre and judicious use of rubato keeping the lush Romanticism of the first movement just on the right side of sentimentality and pointing up the almost jazzy syncopations of the finale.” – Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical
Full interview with Jayson here: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/interview/1828/Jayson-Gillham-on-Medtner-and-Rachmaninov
... Read moreFour-Star Review: Stuart Skelton sings Wagner (Tait Memorial Trust)
Written by Jayson, Tuesday 19th September 2017
“Australian concert pianist Jayson Gillham treated us to some virtuoso playing with the Pilgechor (Tanhnhaüser) and Liebestod(Tristan und Isolde) transcriptions by Liszt. These pieces are not for the faint hearted and Gillham rose to the occasion with a display of stunning dexterity and music brilliance. Readers lucky enough to be in London on October 21 can catch him at Conway Hall where he will be playing a concert entitled Romantic Bach. Gillham is a Tait sponsored artist and testimony to how productive this partnership can be for young musicians” – Howard Shepherdson, Limelight Magazine, 19/9/17.
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Limelight Magazine - "Jayson Gillham on making magic with Medtner"
Written by Jayson, Monday 4th September 2017
The Australian pianist discusses his new Medtner and Rachmaninov disc, Limelight’s Recording of the Month for September.
Medtner’s First Piano Concerto isn’t played or recorded all that often – what drew you to this music?
I was asked to be involved in a documentary about the Australian pianist Geoffrey Tozer, who, as well as being one of the greatest pianists Australia has ever produced, was a great lover and advocate of Medtner’s music. The piece I would learn during the process of the documentary was the Medtner First Piano Concerto – and this is how I became ... Read more
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