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

Stephen Hough

Stephen Hough in an empty Wigmore Hall

Par Mark Pullinger, 01 juin 2020

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

Critique faite à Wigmore Hall, Londres, le 1 juin 2020

Bach, Partita pour violon no. 2 en ré mineur, BWV1004: Chaconne arr. Busoni

Schumann, Fantasie en ut majeur pour piano, Op.17

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

Sir Stephen Hough, Piano

Stephen Hough et Ben Glassberg font triompher Rachmaninov à Rouen

Alain Lompech, 8th October

Dans le mal-aimé Concerto n° 4 de Rachmaninov au côté de Stephen Hough comme dans la Symphonie « Pathétique », l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie et son directeur musical impressionnent.

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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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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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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.