Joanna MacGregor

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Name = Joanna MacGregor


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Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical, jazz, contemporary
Occupation = Pianist, Artistic Director, educator and Record Label owner
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Joanna MacGregor (born 16 July 1959) is an internationally renowned classical, jazz and contemporary pianist. She is also a promoter, an artistic director, an educator and runs her own record label SoundCircus.

Biography

She grew up in North London, England and was educated at home by her Seventh-day Adventist parents until she attended South Hampstead High School at the age of 11. Her mother is a piano teacher who studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Joanna studied music at New Hall, University of Cambridge (1978–81) and was taught by Hugh Wood. After Cambridge, she did a Masters in performance at the Royal Academy of Music, London, with Christopher Elton. She also studied at the Van Cliburn Piano Institute in Texas which included masterclasses with Jorge Bolet.

In the early years of her career, she made a living from writing music for TV. Her first significant break was being selected as an artist for the [http://www.ycat.co.uk/ Young Concert Artists Trust] in 1985.

Her next major break was a record deal with Collins Classics, with whom she made fifteen recordings for. These recordings tend towards 20th Century composers such as Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Bartok, Ives, Messaien, Birtwistle, Britten and Hugh Wood. There are also recordings of Bach and Scarlatti.

In 1998, she launched her own record label [http://www.soundcircus.com/ SoundCircus] in association with Unknown Public. The label combines new recordings with re-releases of the Collins material. MacGregor was able to buy back the rights to these Collins recordings. The must successful release on Soundcircus was "Play", a diverse collection mainly of solo piano pieces. "Play" was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2002. It came within two votes of winning the award. Initially, the label was internet based and mail order only. The label was distributed in the UK by MackTwo until it went out of business. The label is now distributed by New Note.

She has performed in over sixty countries often appearing as a solo artist with many of the world's leading orchestras. These include the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The many eminent conductors with whom she has worked include Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Colin Davis and Michael Tilson Thomas. She has premiered many landmark compositions ranging from Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Django Bates to John Adams and James MacMillan.

She has toured South Africa with jazz artist Moses Molelekwa, recorded with pop artist Talvin Singh and toured China (with her own music combining traditional Chinese instruments and electronics) with Jin Xing's Contemporary Dance Theatre of Shanghai.

MacGregor was the subject of an episode of The South Bank Show in December 2001. She also presented her own series entitled [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/24091 "Strings, Bows, and Bellows"] for BBC Television.

In 2003, she was recognised for her innovation and crossover appeal with a Royal Philharmonic Society award for imaginative programming and tireless work in opening up music to a new audience. Other awards include European Encouragement Prize for Music 1995, NFMS Sir Charles Grove Award 1998, and South Bank Show Award for Classical Music 2000

On 20 May 1990, The BBC broadcasted a radio play that she wrote entitled "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" about the life of Eric Satie. It was nominated for the Prix Italia, a prestigious radio award.

In September 1991 her musical adaptation of The Caucasian Chalk Circle was performed at the Unicorn Theatre.

She organised the Platform Festival of New Music from 1991 until 1993. This included an eight-day festival at the Arts Theatre in Great Newport Street in 1991 which featured performers Simon Limbrick and the Norwegian cellist, Oystein Birkeland, and composers ranging from Paul Kellett (The Birth of Liquid Desires 2 `eight minutes of wildness' for 13 cellos) to the George Crumb.

Between 1997 and 2000, she was Professor of Music at Gresham College, London, giving free public lectures. She has received honorary Professorships and Fellowships from the Royal Academy of Music and Trinity College of Music and an Honorary Doctorate from the Open University.

MacGregor was appointed as Member of the Arts Council England in 1998 alongside Anish Kapoor, Brian McMaster, and Andrew Motion. She resigned in 2004.

Her series of piano teaching books for children called [http://www.fabermusic.com/pianoworld/ Piano World] were published in May 2001 by Faber Music. They feature storytelling, cartoons, games and include a companion CDs with cartoon style narration and musical accompaniments.

She made her conducting début in 2002 and regularly directs her own orchestral projects. She has had a very close artistic partnership as conductor and performer with the Britten Sinfonia for the past ten years.

In 2005, she was appointed as Artistic Director of the Bath International Music Festival. The climax of the festival was a programme of renaissance and electronic music with herself, Brian Eno and the Bath Camerata in Bath Abbey.

Discography

Collins Classics
* MacGregor on Broadway. (1991) Collins Classics.
* Hugh Wood: Piano Concerto, Op. 31. (1993) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis. Collins Classics 20072.
* Bartók/Debussy/Ravel - Piano Works. (1994) Collins Classics.
* Krauze/Messiaen - Quartets. (1994) Collins Classics.
* Olivier Messaien - Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant Jesus. Collins Classics.
* Ives: Sonata No.1/Barber: Sonata, Op.26/Excursions, Op.20 . (1993)
* The Music of George Gershwin. (1992) Collins Classics 13622. MacGregor's performances of numerous short pieces by Gershwin alongside the composer's "Piano Concerto in F" and the original jazz band version of "Rhapsody In Blue."Carl Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra provide invaluable instrumental support.
* Britten: "Paul Bunyan", Piano Concerto/Saxton: Music to Celebrate. Collins Classics.
* Birtwistle: Antiphonies for Piano and Orchestra/Nomos/An Imaginary Landscape. Collins Classics.
* Rhapsody in Blue. (1993) Collins Classics.
* Britten - Piano Concerto. English Chamber Orchestra, Stuart Bedford. Collins Classics. Also re-released on Naxos.
* Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, Collins Classics.
* Erik Satie's piano music, Collins Classics.
* Counterpoint, contains Bach's "Art of Fugue" and works by Conlon Nancarrow. Collins Classics.

Sound Circus
* Piano Language. Sound Circus SC001.
* Outside in Pianist. Sound Circus SC002.
* Perilous Night. Sound Circus SC003.
* Harrison's Clocks. Sound Circus SC004.
* Lou Harrison Piano Concerto. Sound Circus SC005.
* Damba Moon, Ensemble Bash. Sound Circus SC006.
* Play. (2001), Sound Circus SC007.
* Neural Circuits, features works by Olivier Messiaen, Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt and Nitin Sawhney alongside music based on traditional Ghanaian melodies. Sound Circus SC008.
* Deep River. (2006) Sound Circus SC009.
* Sidewalk Dances. (2006) Sound Circus SC010.
* Bach's 6 French Suites, Sound Circus SC901.
* Satie: Piano Music. Reissue on Sound Circus SC902.
* Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas. Sound Circus SC903.
* Quiet Music. Sound Circus SC904.
* Counterpoint: Bach / Nancarrow. Sound Circus BN2CD.

Concerto Repertoire

Piano and Orchestra
* JOHN ADAMS Century Rolls
* BACH Concerto in D minor BWV 1052, Concerto in F minor BWV 1056
* BARTOK Concerto No.3
* DJANGO BATES What it's Like to be Alive (Piano Concerto for Joanna MacGregor)
* BEETHOVEN Concerto No.4 in G Op.58, Concerto No.5 in E flat Op.73
* BERG Chamber Concerto
* BIRTWISTLE Antiphonies, Slow Frieze
* BRITTEN Concerto, Young Apollo
* GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, Concerto in F major
* LOU HARRISON Concerto for Piano and Selected Orchestra
* HARVEY Bird Concerto with Pianosong
* JAMES MACMILLAN Concerto no 2
* MESSIAEN Turangalîla-Symphonie, Oiseaux Exotiques
* MOZART Concerto in E flat K 271, Concerto in D minor K 466, Concerto in C K 467, Concerto in A K 488, Concerto in C minor K 491
* PROKOFIEV Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.16, Concerto No.3 in C Op.26
* RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.34
* RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, Piano Concerto in G
* SCHNITTKE Concerto for piano and strings
* SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings in C minor Op.35 , Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in F, Op.102
* STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
* HUGH WOOD Piano Concerto

References

Reviews

Reviews of recorded work

* [http://www.timeout.com/london/music/review/audio/154/joanna_macgregor_andy_sheppard_deep_river.html Deep River] , "Time Out", 8 May 2006
* [http://www.jazzwise.com/news/item/1625 Deep River] , Jazzwise 2006
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/classical/reviews/macgregor_play.shtml Play] , BBC Music/Classical

* Review of Bach's French Suites. "The Observer", 29 June 2003.

* Review of Neural Circuits. "The Observer", 25 August 2002

* The tried and the testing. Review of Neural Circuits. "The Times", 16 July 2002.

* Play. "The Gramophone" 79:949 January 2002 p. 83
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/0,3605,618015,00.html Play] , "The Guardian", 14 December 2001.

* Review of Lou Harrison Piano Concerto. "The Observer", 03/12/2000.

* Review of Harrison's Clocks. "The Sunday Times", 28 November 1999.

* Review of Perilous Nights. The Observer, 28 February 1999.

* Different pitch, same goal. Feature about recording session for Piano Language. "The Independent", 3 May 1998.

* The ultimate collection MESSIAEN: VINGT REGARDS SUR L'ENFANT JESUS "The Sunday Times", 2 February 1997.
* Review of Counterpoint Expression. "The New York Times", 26 December 1996.

* Review of Hugh Wood Piano Concerto. Financial Times, 10 May 1993.

Reviews of live work

* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article1991450.ece Britten Sinfonia / MacGregor] : Bach Meets Moondog. "The Independent", 17 November 2006.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1877147,00.html Wigmore Hall solo recital] , "The Guardian", 21 September 2006.
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article626004.ece Hope / MacGregor / Britten Sinfonia, Assembly Rooms/Pavilion, Bath] , "The Independent", 14 October 2006.
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article621068.ece Brian Eno / Joanna MacGregor / Bath Camerata, Bath Festival] , "The Independent", 28 May 2006.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1784377,00.html Brian Eno / Joanna MacGregor / Bath Camerata] , "The Guardian", 27 May 2006.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1765122,00.html Joanna MacGregor / Andy Sheppard] , "The Guardian", 1 May 2006.
* [http://www.brittensinfonia.co.uk/news/bachmeetsmoondogreview.html Bach meets Moondog Symphony Hall, Birmingham] . "The Times", 19 April 2006.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1406533,00.html Joanna MacGregor at St George's, Bristol] , "The Guardian", 5 February 2005.
* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14936-1874999,00.html Britten Sinfonia / MacGregor] , "The Times", 17 November 2005.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/music/2004/02/macgregor_sheppard_review.shtml Andy Sheppard and Joanna MacGregor] BBC Oxford, February 2004.
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article80733.ece Britten Sinfonia / Joanna MacGregor / Andy Sheppard, CBSO Centre, Birmingham] , "The Independent", 1 December 2003.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/critic/review/0,,1090985,00.html Britten Sinfonia / MacGregor] , "The Guardian", 22 November 2003.
* Birdsong concerto takes flight, "The Daily Telegraph", 26 April 2003.
* [http://search.ft.com/searchArticle?queryText=%22joanna+macgregor%22&y=4&javascriptEnabled=true&id=021126000275&x=10 John Adams piano concerto "Century Rolls"] , "Financial Times", 26 November 2002.
* The search for substance, "The Daily Telegraph", 22 November 2002
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,765765,00.html Joanna MacGregor / Aref Durvesh] , "The Guardian", 8 June 2002.
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2001/11/01/bmrye01.xml Lou Harrison and Alfred Schnittke concerto's and Nitin Sawhney's Neural Circuits] , "The Telegraph", 1 November 2001.
* MacGregor / Sheppard, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London... "The Guardian", 2 May 2001
* [http://www.soundcircus.com/multimedia/streetmusic/irishtimes.htm Everything in Black and White: Review of "Street Music"] , "Irish Times".
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,765771,00.html Britten Sinfonia / MacGregor - Neural Circuits, Lou Harrison concerto, "The Guardian", 22 February 2001] .
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,765772,00.html Joanna MacGregor / Ensemble Bash Prom, Royal Albert Hall, London] , "The Guardian", 20 July 2000.
* LSO / Pierre Boulez, Britten Sinfonia and Django Bates, Barbican London. "The Independent", 2 March 2000.
* Britten Sinfonia / Human Chain / Cleobury. "The Times", 7 March 2000
* A bouquet of barbed twigs. Review of QEH rectial. "The Independent", 19 December 1998.
* Be prepared. Review of QEH recital. "The Times", 18 December 1998.
* Virtuoso with visuals, "The Times", 23 April 1998.
* The Crowd Pleasers. Review of Nancarrow at QEH. "The Sunday Times", 19 May 1996.
* PROMS; Maxwell Davies premiere / BBC Philharmonic; Ensemble Bash Royal Albert Hall, London / Radio 3. "The Independent", 28 July 1997 .
* A Good Looker: Joanna MacGregor; Barbican "The Independent", 4 February 1997.
* Fine fluency and freedom; Joanna MacGregor recital, Wigmore Hall "The Times", 17 March 1989.
* Joanna MacGregor at the Purcell Room. "The Times", 13 January 1987

Articles

* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article2298397.ece Joanna MacGregor: Mixing it] Purism in music is out; eclecticism is in. But no one does it better, or with more genuine enthusiasm, than Joanna MacGregor, says Phil Johnson - she's a pianist as thrilling with Bach as with Moondog
* [http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/17/entertainment/entertainment/58c522cee005ca9786257227007c068f.txt Bach meets Moondog: Deceased American composer's quirky fugues resurrected in London] . nwitimes.com, 17 November 2006.
* [http://www.pianistmagazine.com/backissues.htm Joanna MacGregor explains why she is a musician first and a pianist second, and why she’s always ready to try something new.] "Pianist" magazine, Issue No 29, 2006.
* Why this Bath will be bubbly; Interview; Joanna MacGregor. "The Times", 21 April 2006.
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A10F63A5A0C7B8EDDA10894DD404482 An Entirely Different Idea of Summer School. "New York Times", 28 August 2005.]
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/features/article110022.ece Joanna MacGregor: A pianist in concert with the present. "The Independent", 23 June 2003.]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/11/18/bmjoan18.xml Switched On Bach.] "The Telegraph", 18 November 2003.
* A pianist in concert with the present. "The Independent", 23 June 2003.
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/30/1056825330657.html A thousand reasons to listen to Joanna. "The Sydney Morning Herald", 1 July 2003.] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3008621.stm MacGregor wins classical award.] , BBC News Online, 7 May 2003.
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,787853,00.html Bach and all that jazz] , "The Guardian", 8 September 2002.
* [http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article182826.ece Stretch your ears: Joanna MacGregor] , "The Independent", 5 July 2002.
* [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-893118-details/Joanna+plays+it+her+own+way/article.do Joanna plays it her own way] , "The Evening Standard", 4 July 2002.
* First we lost the stars, then the intellectuals. Why are today's concert pianists so very boring?. "The Guardian", 05/09/2002.
* Playing the new Joanna. The Express on Sunday, 6 January 2002.
* Music That Changed Me: Joanna MacGregor. Music that profoundly influenced her. When she was little, it was Bach, Bach, Bach! Says that she liked the mathematics, the patterns and the rhythm. Indicates that when she became interested in John Cage, she had been traveling in Africa, China and Indonesia. States that she loves the music of these countries because it is so subtle and rhythmically complex, but she could not find any way as a pianist to explore that until she heard Cage. "BBC Music" magazine volume 10 issue, 5 January 2002 p. 130.
* Opinion: From Where I Sit - Joanna MacGregor "Gramophone" Vol. 80 Issue 959 2002 p.19
* Open a different part of your brain. "Independent on Sunday", 14 October 2001.
* Mad, bad and dangerous to play - Keep your distance when I perform Lou Harrison's piano concerto... By Joanna MacGregor. "The Guardian" 11 October 2001.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,765774,00.html Home Entertainment] , "The Guardian", 5 October 2001.
* Cool Dudes. Classical Music issue 660, 17 June 2000 p. 51 Profiles pianist Joanna MacGregor and her series of piano instruction books for young children. Reports that the series called "Piano World", blazing with color, sets out to encourage children brought up on computers and cartoons to enjoy the early stages of learning to play the instrument.
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/mercury2002/story/0,,765773,00.html Joanna Lessons] , "The Guardian", 26 May 2000.
* Calling the tune; She's been branded a loudmouthed punk, but Joanna MacGregor doesn't care. All the acclaimed pianist wants is to save classical music from Nigel Kennedy and Vanessa Mae. "The Mail on Sunday", 6 February 2000.
* `We can't make it easy enough'. "The Independent", 11 November 1999.
* An artist investing for the future. "Financial Times", 11 November 1999.
* Joanna in Town Listen to Norway Vol. 7, issue 3 1999 p. 26–27 Profiles pianist Joanna MacGregor and her views regarding the current stifled state of classical music. Explains that it is necessary to embrace contemporary music in order to restore an interest and creativity in classical music. Argues that performing the works of dead musicians repeatedly from concert hall to concert hall is a passive practice which found popularity on the audiences of the past, but has failed to grip the youth of the future. Suggests classical music be mixed with jazz, modern, and electronic genres, and tells of the genre-bending show "Joanna in Town" where professional and amateur musicians perform various styles of music on the same bill.
* If You Want It Done Properly... "Gramophone" 76:912 March 1999 p.18–19. Spotlights pianist Joanna McGregor, who explains why she decided to set up her own record label, SoundCircus after becoming dissatisfied with the marketing strategies and constrictions of major-label contracts. Observes that she is anxious to explore a much wider repertoire and to preserve many of the works which she has commissioned which would otherwise go unheard. Notes that the new label will be sold on the Internet as well as through direct sales at concerts rather than through conventional retail outlets. Previews two SoundCircus releases which are reviewed elsewhere in the issue.
* The piano's grand ... but there's more "The Times", 15/12/1998.
* Classical - An industry in crisis? Not quite. "The Independent", 21/08/1998.
* Sound of the circus. "The Guardian", 26/06/1998.
* Different pitch, same goal. "The Independent", 03/04/1998.
* Women of the Year Lunch. "The Times", 07/10/1997.
* Joanna MacGregor "Musical Opinion" issue 115 April 1992 p. 148–149
* Joanna MacGregor: People's Pianist, cover feature. "Classical Music Magazine", 10 August 1991.
* Ivory queen. "Evening Standard", 14/06/1991.
* Arts (TV Preview): Bitter-sweet music. "The Times", 15 November 1986.

* [http://www.soundcircus.com/interview/interview.htm Interview with Morgan Soames]

Radio performances

Performances on BBC Radio 3:

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/schedule/2006/09/18/day/ Lunchtime Concert: Joanna MacGregor Live from London's Wigmore Hall - Villa-Lobos, Gismonti, Moraes and Piazzolla, 18 September 2006 13:00-14:00]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/schedule/2006/07/20/day/ Through the Night: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Marriage of Figaro Overture; Piano Concerto No 23, K488, in A. Joanna MacGregor (piano) [Recorded in Stavanger Concert Hall on 8 September 2005, 20 July 2006 25:00-25:30]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/zsgzv/ Performance On 3: Bath International Music Festival - Joanna MacGregor, Andy Sheppard and the Britten Sinfonia 6 June 2006 19.30-21.30]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/uj3e5/ Performance on 3: Bath International Music Festival 2006 - Joanna MacGregor, Brian Eno and Bath Camerata, 1 June 2006 19:30-21:00]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/sundaygala/pip/zq8re/ Sunday Gala: Bath International Music Festival - solo recital, Sunday 21 May 2006 14:00-15:30]

* Lunchtime Concert Second of four concerts by members of Britten Sinfonia. Pieces by Dowland, Gismonti, Yarde, Piazzolla. With Joanna MacGregor (piano), Jason Yarde (saxophone) 5/4/06

* Big Band Special: Chelsea Festival, featuring the BBC Big Band with pianist Joanna MacGregor. Radio Two 24 October 2005

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/performanceon3/pip/y26pv/ Performance on 3: Ulster Orchestra - Gershwin and the Russian Gold (Joanna MacGregor soloist on Gershwin: Piano Concerto), 22 September 2005 19:30-21:30]

* "Hear and Now" A recital from this year's City of London Festival by pianist Joanna MacGregor, celebrating American music ranging from John Cage to Nina Simone and Thelonious Monk. 13.8.05

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/intune/pip/6iest/ In Tune: Joanna Macgregor and Andy Sheppard, 15 June 2005 19:00-19:19]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/hearandnow/pip/yt412/ Hear and Now: City of London Festival - solo recital, 13 August 2005 23:30-1:00]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/lunchtimeconcerts/pip/q75n4/ Lunchtime Concert: Music by Bach and Shostakovich, 18 January 2005 13:00-14:00]

* Lunchtime Concert Recital by pianist Joanna MacGregor, Bach: Goldberg Variations 24 May 2004

* Performance on 3 Pianist Joanna MacGregor directs the Britten Sinfonia, Andy Sheppard (saxophones) and Shri Sriran (tablas). The programme includes works by Louis Hardin and Bach's The Art of Fugue 24 November 2003

* Lunchtime Concert Direct from the Wigmore Hall. Joanna MacGregor (piano), Andy Sheppard (saxophone) and Aref Durvesh (tabla) play music by Dowland, Ligeti, Messiaen and Chick Corea (Live) 16.9.02

* Hear and Now Cheltenham Festival of Music by soprano Valdine Anderson, pianist Joanna MacGregor and Sinfonia 21 under Martyn Brabbins. Music includes the world premiere of Julian Anderson's `Shir hashrim' and Jonathan Harvey's Bird Concerto with Pianosong. 14 July 2001

* Lunchtime Concert Live from London's Wigmore Hall. Joanna MacGregor (piano). Barber: Excursions, Op 20. Crumb: A Little Suite for Christmas, AD1979. Traditional arr MacGregor: Russian Folk Songs. Stravinsky: Three movements from `Petrushka'. 2 April 2001

* BBC Proms 2000. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Joanna MacGregor (piano), Ensemble Bash, Aref Durvesh (tabla) 18 July 2000

* Lunchtime Concert A recital given at St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol by pianist Joanna MacGregor. Byrd: Hugh Aston's Ground. Ades: Traced Overhead. Dowland: Forlorn Hope Fancye. Birtwistle: Harrison's Clocks. Bach: Contrapunctus II (The Art of Fugue). Nancarrow: Three Studies for player piano. Matthew Fairclough: Altered Ends, Revealed Beginnings. Somel Satoh: Incantation II. Cage: Water Music. Joanna MacGregor: Dance It. Jonathan Harvey: Tombeau de Messiaen. Bach: Allemande (Partita in D, BWV828). Alistair Nicholson: 42nd Street. 30 January 2000

* Lunchtime Concert from St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol. Joanna MacGregor (piano). Ives: Bad Resolutions and Good; Three Page Sonata. Cage: Sonatas for prepared piano Nos 14 and 15. Cowell: Aeolian Harp; The Snows of Fujiyama. Cage: Sonatas for prepared piano Nos 2 and 5. Gershwin, arr Finnissy: Nashville Nightingale. Cage: Sonatas for prepared piano Nos 7 and 12. Copland: Variations. (Inventing America) 12 June 1998

* The Gershwin Songbook Pianist Joanna MacGregor plays the composer's arrangements of his own songs, including `'S Wonderful', `Oh, Lady Be Good' and `I Got Rhythm'. 2 May 1998

* BBC Proms 97 Joanna MacGregor (piano), Ensemble Bash. Trad, arr Ensemble Bash: Yaa yaa kole. Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood. Cage: Sonatas 2 and 5 for prepared piano. Orphy Robinson: Suite d'Lorenzo. Cage: Sonatas 14 and 15 for prepared piano. Frederic Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues. Django Bates: The Catering Trade (first London performance). 23 July 1997

* Joanna MacGregor. Piano recital. Berg: Sonata, Op 1. Schoenberg: Six Little Pieces, Op 19. Four Broadway Arrangements - Harold Arlen, arr Django Bates: It's only a paper moon. Cole Porter, arr Gary Carpenter: Love for sale. Jerome Kern, arr Michael Finnissy: Can't help lovin' dat man. Al Dubin, arr Alasdair Nicholson: 42nd Street. 6 January 1995

* 1994 Bath International Festival Joanna MacGregor (piano) performs Bach: Pieces from the Anna Magdalena Notebook. John Woolrich: Piano Books 3 and 4 (world premiere). Satie: Gnossiennes Nos 1 and 5; Gymnopedies Nos 1 and 3. Gorecki: Piano Sonata No 1, Op 6. Thelonius Monk: Round Midnight; Monk's Point. Nina Simons: Good Bait. 22 9 June 1994

* BBC Lunchtime Concert Live from St John's, Smith Square, London Joanna MacGregor (piano). Bach French Suite No 5 in G (BWV 816). Nancarrow Prelude and Blues. Satie Sports et divertissements. Debussy Six Etudes. 28 February 1994

* BBC Proms BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth, with Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Joanna MacGregor, (piano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) 30 July 1993

* Jazz at the Bath Festival Recorded in the Guildhall, it features Human Chain (Django Bates, keyboards and tenor horn; Iain Ballamy, saxophones; Stuart Hall, bass; Martin France, drums) with pianist Joanna MacGregor in specially commissioned music by Django Bates and, in between, MacGregor playing solo in pieces by Nancarrow, Cowell, Ligeti and Rzewski. During the interval, Joanna MacGegor talks about her venture into jazz and improvised music. 10 July 1993

* Joanna MacGregor. (piano). Bach: French Suite No 5. Hugh Wood: Three Pieces, Op 5. Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales. Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52. December 1992

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/orchestras/symphonyorchestra/about_us/pastpremieres_1990.shtml The Proms: Hugh Wood Piano Concerto premiere, Royal Albert Hall, 10 September 1991]

Radio interviews

Interviews on BBC Radio 3

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/intune/pip/y0asf/ In Tune: Interview about role and musical choices as the artistic director of this Bath Festival 2006] . 18 May 2006 17:00-19:30

* Morning Performance. Tommy Pearson talks to pianist Joanna MacGregor and introduces her recordings. Music by Bach, trad African, Fairclough, Satoh, Satie, Monk, Gillespie/Dameron, Andrew Toovey, Cage" 11 December 2002

* The Music Machine. Tommy Pearson talks to pianist Joanna MacGregor about her life and career. 6 May 1994

* The pianist Joanna MacGregor and composer Hugh Wood talk about Wood's piano concerto whose premiere MacGregor is about to perform at the proms. MacGregor: Piano part of the concerto is absolutely enormous, structually vast. On hearing rehearsal husband said it was as if Messiaen walked into a jazz bar. Wood: Hadn't collaborated very much with MacGregor. Writing went very smoothly for a slow worker. MacGregor: Made decision early on to play with the music - takes pressure off players and conductors. Have always wanted to work together - go back a long way to when Wood was her tutor at Cambridge and he was berating her over Palestrina and Beethoven. Wood: Dreams often come true, and come true in a very nice way. 10 September 1991

* The Works: Joanna MacGregor 19 May 1989

Interviews on BBC Radio 4

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/greatlives/ Great Lives: Joanna MacGregor on Nina Simone 19 September 2006 16.30-17:00]

* Front Row: Bath International Music Festival 2006

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/frontrow_20050222.shtml Front Row: Musicians setting up their own labels 22 February 2005 19.15 - 19.45]

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/frontrow_20031117.shtm Front Row: The Art of Fugue 17 November 2003 19.15 - 19.45]

* Desert Island Discs: Joanna MacGregor 1 June 1997

Television

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/724215 The South Bank Show: Joanna MacGregor] (2001) Documentary about concert pianist Joanna MacGregor, following her during her latest recording sessions and interviews in which she talks about the influences of particular composers on her career.

* Forty Eight Preludes and Fugues BBC TWO. No. 14 10/10/2000, No. 15 30/8/2000, No. 16 21/8/2000, No. 17 16/8/2000, No. 18 31/8/2000, No. 19 3/10/2000, No. 20 17/8/2000, No. 22 17/8/2000, No. 23 5/8/2000, No. 24 15/8/2000.

* Last Night of the Proms. Featured soloist.

* Strings, Bows, and Bellows BBC TWO. "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues" by Frederic Rzewski (16/10/1994), "Autumn in Warsaw" by György Ligeti (30/10/1994), "Third Construction" by John Cage (23/10/1994), "Sin Medida" by Julio D'Escrivan (06/11/1994), "Sonata for Piano and Cello" by Alfred Schnittke (20/11/1994), "Falling" (04/12/1994), "De Profundis" with James Crabb (29/04/1995), "Uninterrupted Rests" by Toru Takemitsu (22/04/1995), "Piano Sonata" with James MacMillan (06/05/1995), and "Tentle Moments" with Django Bates (13/05/1995).

* Soundbites BBC TWO 14/11/1992 Joanna MacGregor playing Erroll's Blues and Erroll's Bounce by Erroll Garner.

* Omnibus at the Proms: Pictures at an Exhibition BBC TV 30/08/1991

* Making It. Documentary following three talented young instrumentalists, fresh out of London music colleges, as they take first steps towards establishing solo career. Includes Joanna MacGregor touring North Devon village halls. Granada, 16 November 1986 10.30pm.

Other links

* [http://www.soundcircus.com/itinerary/itinerary.htm Joanna MacGregor's concert schedule]
* [http://www.soundcircus.com/ Homepage of Joanna MacGregor and the Sound Circus record label]
* [http://www.bathmusicfest.org.uk/ Bath International Music Festival]
* [http://www.ingpen.co.uk/artist_detail.php?aid=38 Biography at Ingpen & Williams]
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/MacGregor-Joanna.htm Biography at Bach-Cantatas.com]
* [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003584/Joanna-MacGregor.html Biography at Musicianguide.com]
* [http://www.britishcouncil.org/arts-music-classical-cross-border-china.htm "Cross Border" outline at British Council site]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/joanna-macgregor Bio and links at Answers.com]
* [http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~jemuk/django-mp3/theatre/pdf/paper_moon.pdf PDF of Django Bates' programme notes for "Paper Moon"]
* [http://arts.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/macgregor-joanna-biography Bio at eNotes.com]