Peter Seivewright
Peter Seivewright (born 1954 in Skipton, England) is a British pianist. After music studies at Oxford, he was a post-graduate student at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where he studied piano with Ryszard Bakst.[1]
Work with Galuppi's sonatas
Although he has released several recordings, including
Reviews of Seivewright's Galuppi have been varied. Some have been impressed by Galuppi's sonatas themselves, using Domenico Scarlatti as a benchmark with one reviewer calling them "far more appealing than Scarlatti sonatas,";[3] others have made the same comparison to Galuppi's detriment ("the individual pieces lack the character and sparkling invention so typical of Scarlatti").[4]
Seivewright's playing has also been evaluated variously, with many reviewers applauding it. Reviewer Gerald Fenech terms him "an enthusiastic and technically accomplished pianist" who "plays with great conviction and flair in all the sonatas presented here."[5] Kevin Sutton, however, complains that "The halting playing, lack of line tension and the image that I was listening to a pianist playing over, rather than through a composer continually disturbed me. (Glenn Gould would have been proud.)"[6]
Work with modern composers
Seivewright has also been a champion of music by living composers, having performed
References
- ^ "Peter Seivewright (Divine Art biography page)". Divine Arts Recording Group. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Peter Seivewright (Divine Art biography page)". Divine Art website. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ a b Wright, David (16 July 1996). "Baldassare GALUPPI (1706–1785): Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 25 May 2007. – Review of the first volume; page also includes a separate review by Peter Grahame Woolf.
- ^ Crankshaw, Geoffrey. "REVIEWS: divine art 25007 Galuppi piano sonatas, vol. 2". Musical Opinion. Retrieved 25 May 2007. – Also contains reviews of the second volume from Fanfare, International Piano Magazine, etc., compiled by The Divine Art and republished at their site.
- ^ Fenech, Gerald. "REVIEWS: divine art 25007 Galuppi piano sonatas, vol. 2". Classicalnet. Retrieved 25 May 2007. – Reviews compiled by The Divine Art and republished at their site.
- ^ Sutton, Kevin. "REVIEWS: divine art 25007 Galuppi piano sonatas, vol. 2". Musicweb. Retrieved 25 May 2007. – Reviews compiled by The Divine Art and republished at their site.
- ^ "Rory Boyle (b. 1951) – Full biography". Scottish Music Centre website. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
- ^ "Robert Crawford – Biography". British Academy of Composers and Songwriters website. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
- ^ "Martin Dalby – Catalogue of Works". Impulse Classical Music Website. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
External links
- Biography of Peter Seivewright at The Divine Art record company.
- "Ceaseless quest for versatility": Review of Seivewright concert from The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, 27 October 2006.
- Peter Seivewright page on the site of SMOLART International Artist Management Agency.