photo: Rory Isserow
Penelope Thwaites
Concert Pianist, Composer, Recording Artist, Lecturer, Editor
“a formidable pianist, always imbuing her playing with a colourful palette of mood and tone”
Music Web International
“Expressive luxuriant playing and an intuitive sense of the music’s architecture”
BBC Music Magazine
Now playing: Grainger, Scotch Strathspey and Reel
Coming up!
ABC Classic FM is celebrating Australian Music Month, featuring an extraordinary array of Australian compositions and premieres throughout November – Monday 20 November, Percy Grainger specialist Penelope Thwaites joins a discussion of ‘The Hidden Grainger’.
Recent concert of works by Penelope Thwaites
Canberra, Australia,
17 September 2017
The concert features choral works and solo songs, including the Missa Brevis, and also the premiere
of Five Shakespeare Songs
STOP PRESS
Two important releases
Released on Heritage Recordings November 2016
“It is hardly possible to fault this historic set of recordings, another milestone in the legacy of Grainger”
READ FULL REVIEW IN THE AUSTRALIAN HERE
“Some passions flare and fade. Others burn for ever and that is clearly the case with Penelope Thwaites’ love of that maverick spirit Percy Grainger…passion undimmed, along with dexterity, the playing’s flair and precision is unchanged….listening again only makes the heart grow fonder.”
READ FULL REVIEW IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE HERE
Read Penelope’s February 2017 article for International Piano about the new Box Set
Boydell and Brewer have recently issued a new paperback edition of this indispensable guide to Grainger’s Music.
The New Percy Grainger Companion
Edited by Penelope Thwaites