My Sunday evening
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Stephen Hough at Lincoln Center.
PROGRAM
Frédéric Chopin
(1810–1849)- Nocturne in E-flat major for Piano, Op. 9, No. 2 (1830–32)
- Nocturne in F-sharp major for Piano, Op. 15, No.2
- Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor for Piano, Op. 31
Sir Stephen Hough
(b. 1961)
WORLD PREMIERE, CMS COMMISSION- Piano Quintet (Les Noces Rouges)
(2024)
Cécile Chaminade
(1857–1944)- “Automne” from Six Études de concert for Piano, Op. 35, No. 2
(C. 1886) - “Autrefois” from Six Pièces humoristiques for Piano, Op. 87, No. 4
(C. 1897) - Les Sylvains for Piano, Op. 60
(C. 1892)
Franz Liszt
(1811–1886)- Sonata in B minor for Piano, S. 178
(1852–53)
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Let me know what piano he is using. A friend and I have been tracking….
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I knew Stephen when he was a student at Juilliard. My teacher had arranged a masterclass with Adele Marcus who was Stephen's teacher at the time. Hough played the Prokofiev 6th Sonata. I believe I recorded it at the time as I recorded the masterclass. He later spent a few weeks that summer with my teacher who was very impressed with him. I spoke to Hough about the Saint Saens piano concerti - and recommended he listen to the 4th and 5th, explaining that I had no idea why the 2nd was performed so much - when the 4th and 5th were also delightful works. Hough later recorded the whole cycle. I tried to have the local radio station (WFMT) do a broadcast of some of the performances at the masterclass - but they declined. The manager explained that they'd been burned by the quality of "student" performances in the past. I called them back a few weeks later when Hough won the Naumburg competition - noting that they had no problem with the quality of the performance. He's a good guy. I remember playing some Albeniz for him - and discussing the tempo. He later played that some work when he visited Chicago. I saw him a few years back - but we've not stayed in touch.
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