Stephen Hough - Piano and Classical Music in London

Favourite Solo pieces

Chopin's Ballade No.3 in A flat Op.47 performed in 2021 (October) and 2015 (April).

Debussy's Estampes performed in 2023 (September) and 2015 (April).

Schumann's Fantasie in C Op.17 performed in 2020 (June 2020) and 2018.

Stephen Hough's Partita for piano performed in 2023 (September) and 2021 (October).

Royal Festival Hall, 4-May-2023 / 19:30

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3

Philharmonia Orchestra, Ryan Bancroft

Cadogan Hall, 20-Apr-2023 / 19:30

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Eva Ollikainen - Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 2-Jan-2023 / 19:30

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Ailish Tynan

Royal Festival Hall, 1-Dec-2021 / 19:30

Beethoven

Favourite Concertos

Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor performed on the 19^th of May 2021 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Lionel Bringuier and on the 29^th of July 2017 at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Philharmonic being conducted by Mark Wigglesworth.

Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor performed on the 12^th of November 2020 at the Royal Festival Hall with the Philharmonia Orchestra under the baton of Anna-Maria Helsing, the 16^th of August 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Adam Fischer, and the 20^th of November 2017 at the Cadogan Hall with the Basel Chamber Orchestra being conducted by Heinz Holliger.

Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini performed on the 27^th of May 2022 at the Barbican Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Alpesh Chauhan and on the 23^rd of August 2016 at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Symphony Orchestra being conducted by Alexander Vedernikov.

Royal Festival Hall, 27-Oct-2021 / 19:30

Rawsthorne: 4 Bagatelles for piano
Schumann: Kreisleriana Op.16
Chopin:

Wigmore Hall, 25-May-2021 / 19:30

Stephen Hough: Trio for flute and bassoon and piano (Was mit den Traenen geschieht)
Mozart: Quintet in E flat for piano and winds K452

Amy Harman - Bassoon

Wigmore Hall, 1-Jun-2020 / 13:00

Bach: V. Chaconne (arr. Ferruccio Busoni) from Partita No. 2 in D minor for solo violin BWV1004
Gounod: Ave Maria 'after Bach's Prelude No. 1

Mr. Hough performed works by Brahms on the 11^th of January 2020 at the Wigmore Hall. For more details see Renaud Capucon.

Wigmore Hall, 7-Jan-2020 / 19:30

Recital with the Castalian String Quartet

Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34
Carl Frühling: Piano Quintet in F sharp minor Op. 30

Mr. Hough performed on the 6^th of January 2020. For more details see Michael Collins.

Wigmore Hall, 6-Dec-2019 / 19:30

Recital with clarinetist Michael Collins and cellist Andrei Ioniţă

Schumann: 5 Stücke im Volkston Op. 102
Carl Frühling: Clarinet Trio Op. 40
Brahms:
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F sharp minor WoO. 1 (trans. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio)
- Intermezzo in E flat Op. 117 No. 1 (trans. Stephen Hough for clarinet trio)
- Clarinet Trio in A minor Op. 114

Stephen Hough's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic.

On the 16^th of April 2021 at the Royal Festival Hall.

On the 26^th of June 2020 at the Royal Festival Hall.

On the 24^th of March 2020 at the Royal Festival Hall..

Wigmore Hall, 3-Dec-2019 / 19:30

Recital with Steven Isserlis

Josef Suk:
- Ballade in D minor Op. 3 No. 1
- Serenade in A Op. 3 No. 2
Brahms, Cello Sonatas:
- No. 1 in E minor Op. 38
- No. 2 in F Op. 99
Stephen Hough: Sonata for cello and piano left hand (Les adieux)

Royal Festival Hall, 5-Apr-2018

Debussy:
- Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque
- Images, Set 1 and Set 2
- La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune from Préludes, Bk.2
Beethoven: Sonata in F minor (Appassionata)

Mr. Hough performed:

> Piano Concerto No.5 'Egyptian')' by Saint-Saens at the Royal Festival Hall on the 10^th of April 2019 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra being conducted by Edward Gardner,
> with The Prince Consort (including Tim Mead) and pianist Alisdair Hogarth on the 28th of October 2016.
> Dvořák's Piano Concerto in G minor at the Royal Festival Hall on the 10^th of February 2016 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Osmo Vänskä

Royal Festival Hall, 28-Apr-2015

Debussy:
- La plus que lente for piano
- Children's Corner
- L'isle joyeuse
Chopin, Ballades: No.2, No.1, No.3, No.4 in F minor

Wigmore Hall, 21-Jun-2014

Schoenberg: 6 Little Piano Pieces Op. 19
Strauss: Träumerei from Stimmungsbilder Op. 9 No. 4
Wagner: Albumblatt
Bruckner: Erinnerung
Brahms: 7 Fantasien Op. 116
Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9

Royal Albert Hall, 19-Aug-2013 / 19:00

Mr. Hough played on the 17th of August 1987.

Mr. Hough made his BBC Proms debut in a performance of Liszt's Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major with the Hallé Orchestra under the baton of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski on the 23^rd of July 1985.

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