Wilson recently performed with Shahbaz Hussain at the Lit & Phil last July from which a live album for New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings was produced. Much of the material from that album was played today with such immense feeling, dynamics and intensity. Each movement of her hands both on and off the keys was deeply felt and added to the impact of each piece, producing a beautiful range of sounds from one of the grandest of grand pianos (well, in the Lit & Phil anyway).
Her recent reviewers are succinct yet accurate:
“Breathtaking" - The Wire
“Stunning…. absolutely stunning” - BBC Radio 3
“Inspired… refreshment for the ears” – Jazzwise
Wilson’s background makes interesting reading too, her website giving some detailed insight into her musical and lifestyle development.
These days I run, I take no medication whatsoever, I play for hours and am really happy, really well and feel connected and ‘in the right place.’ The little fire I re-discovered in me several years ago is now big, beautiful, creative and passionately burning.
My own compositions are what I play best! I seem to be a good baroque player and I also gravitate to composers with rich, resonant sound worlds like Messiaen, Somei Satoh and my old teacher Peter Feuchtwanger.
Having St. Paul’s Cathedral all to myself for a whole week of nightly concerts as musician-in-residence was rather marvellous. I love those wonderful concerts where you just hit the right flow and can hold everyone in a beautiful space together, in communion with sound.”
Well said, following the St. Paul’s performance series, and I trust the feeling was mutual for this delightful concert in Newcastle. Please come back soon! Ken Drew
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