The Chandos release of Bacewicz Orchestral Works Vol 2 which includes Peter Donohoe‘s recording of her Piano Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sakari Oramo, has reached the final shortlist for the 2026 Gramophone Awards, orchestral category. The awards will be announced on 7th October:
gramophone.co.uk/content/news/revealing-the-final-shortlist-for-this-years-gramophone-awards
“Peter Donohoe relishes the tensile interplay of an initial Allegro evoking Bartók and finds real plangency in the Andante with its variations on a folk song. Closer to Szymanowski, the final Allegro is driven home with all the requisite panache.”
Read the full revieww:
gramophone.co.uk/reviews/bacewicz-orchestral-works-vol-2-oramo
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Peter also gives two piano recital concerts this week. The first is at the Birmingham Conservatoire this evening where he will perform works by Schubert:
Moments Musicaux
Piano Sonata in A, D664
Piano Sonata in C minor, D958
“The light and shade between Schubert’s Moments Musicaux, his gently lilting A major sonata and emotionally intense late C minor sonata, are expertly revealed by one of the foremost pianists of our time.”
bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/peter-donohoe-celebrity-recital-15-06-2026
He then gives the opening concert for the Music@Malling Festival this Friday in Kent
French Impressions:
Ravel – Sonatine
Debussy – Masques
Debussy – D’un cahier d’ésquisses
Debussy – La plus que lente
Debussy – L’isle joyeuse
Ravel – Miroirs
“Legendary pianist Peter Donohoe CBE performs exquisite masterpieces by Ravel and Debussy: music with echoes of the past”
trybooking.com/uk/event/118071
📸 – Sim Cannetty-Clarke
