Sir Stephen Hough (piano)

Sunday 28 September 2025, 3.00pm

Programme

Schubert Klavierstück No.2 D946

Schoenberg 6 Klein Klavierstücke, Op.19

Stockhausen Klavierstück III

Brahms Klavierstucke Op.118 No.6

Beethoven Bagatelle Op.119 No.10

Beethoven Sonata No. 21 in C, Op.53 ( Waldstein)

R. Schumann Carnaval Op.9

Sherman arr. Hough extracts from Mary Poppins Suite

Chim Chim Cheree
Feed the Birds
Supercalifragilistic

About

One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Sir Stephen has appeared with most of the major European, Asian and American orchestras and plays recitals regularly in major halls and concert series around the world from London's Royal Festival Hall to New York’s Carnegie Hall. He has been a regular guest at festivals such as Aldeburgh, Aspen, Blossom, Edinburgh, La Roque d'Anthéron, Hollywood Bowl, Mostly Mozart, Salzburg, Tanglewood, Verbier, and the BBC Proms, where he has made 29 concerto appearances, including playing all of the works of Tchaikovsky for piano and orchestra, a series he later repeated with the Chicago Symphony.

Many of his catalogue of over 60 albums have garnered international prizes including the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Diapason d’Or, Monde de la Musique, several Grammy nominations, eight Gramophone Magazine Awards including ‘Record of the Year’ in 1996 and 2003, and the Gramophone ‘Gold Disc’ Award in 2008, which named his complete Saint-Saens Piano Concertos as the best recording of the past 30 years. Sir Stephen has also composed works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, organ, harpsichord and solo piano, and contributed articles for The New York Times, the Guardian, The Times, Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine.