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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

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

“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

Four-Star Review: Stuart Skelton sings Wagner (Tait Memorial Trust)

Written by Jayson, Tuesday 19th September 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

“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.