“The most perfect piano playing conceivable.” (The Guardian)
Performance Santa Fe presents pianist Stephen Hough. When surveying Stephen Hough’s career, the most appropriate question is “where to begin?” The British Hough was the first classical performing artist to win a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He has played in 25 BBC Proms, became Commander of the Order of the British Empire for Services to Music in 2014, and regularly performs with the world’s greatest orchestras (including the Berlin Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra) and festivals (including Aspen, Tanglewood, and Verbier). He has received numerous awards, including eight Gramophone awards, a Diapason d’Or, and several Grammy nominations. Hough has recorded over 50 albums, including the fastest-selling recording in Hyperion’s history—his 2005 live recording of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos.
Hough is also a composer of works for piano, chamber ensemble, choir, and orchestra. Additionally, he is a regular contributing writer to The Guardian, The Times of London, Gramophone Magazine, and The Telegraph. An evening of “virtuoso technique” and “poetic eloquence” (The Sunday Times) awaits you.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 7:30 pm
- Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
- $27 – $100; Order tickets through PerformanceSantaFe.org or TicketsSantaFe.org
Program
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D 784
- Allegro giusto
- Andante
III. Allegro vivace
Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, FWV 21
Hough Sonata III (Trinitas)
- Lento – bold, stark
- Allegro – punchy, jazzy
III. Andante – majestic, proud
Liszt: Valses Oubliées, S. 215
- Allegro
- Allegro Vivace
Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, S. 139
No. 11 in D flat, “Harmonies du Soir”
No. 10 in F minor, “Appassionata”
About Stephen Hough: http://www.stephenhough.com/
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Performance Santa Fe’s 80th season in 2016-17 is funded by the City of Santa Fe and the 1% Lodgers Tax.