Glimmers of light: Stephen Hough brings Wigmore Hall back to life

Stephen Hough

Stephen Hough in an empty Wigmore Hall

Por Mark Pullinger, 01 junio 2020

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“Absence, they say, makes the heart grow fonder.”

Crítica hecha desde Wigmore Hall, Londres el 1 junio 2020

Bach, Partita para violín núm. 2 en re menor, BWV1004: Chacona arr. por Busoni

Schumann, Fantasía para piano en do mayor, Op.17

Gounod, Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach

Sir Stephen Hough, Piano

Contrastes y desafíos con la OSPA, Stephen Hough y Nuno Coelho

Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro, 16th January

La Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias visitó el Palacio de la Ópera en La Coruña con un exigente programa para el que contaron con el pianista Stephen Hough.

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Contrastante recital de Stephen Hough en Madrid

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 8th January

Stephen Hough ofreció un recital dentro del Ciclo Grandes Intérpretes con un contrastante programa y escogidas propinas en el que destacó un cuidado sonido.

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Stephen Hough en Salamanca: un recital exigente y auténtico

Francisco Martínez Ramos, 27th May

El pianista Stephen Hough ofreció un importante recital en Salamanca dedicado a obras de Chaminade, Liszt y Chopin.

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Stephen Hough makes a convincing case for Rachmaninov 1 with the RSNO

Simon Thompson, 24th April

On a return visit to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Wilson shapes A London Symphony with melancholy sweep.

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Hindoyan and Hough bring a new dream team to Liverpool

Glyn Mon Hughes, 27th November

Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto comes alive as Stephen Hough joins Domingo Hindoyan and the RLPO in an explosive performance of this dramatic work.

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Majestic Brahms from Sir Stephen Hough and Elim Chan in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 17th May

Elim Chan expertly conducts the SSO through a varied programme featuring an Australian fanfare, Russian ballet music and Brahms' First Piano Concerto with Sir Stephen Hough.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.