Friday, August 18, 2023
Stephen Hough, piano
The Olivier Music Barn, 5:30 PM
Program
FREDERIC MOMPOU: Cants Mágics
Energic
Obscur
Profond: Lent
Misteriós
Calma
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Estampes
Pagodes
La soirée dans Grenade
Jardins sous la pluie
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH: Partita
Overture
Capriccio
Cancion y Danza I
Cancion y Danza II
Toccata
FRANZ LISZT: Three Petrarch Sonnets
No. 47
No. 104
No. 123
LISZT: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (“Dante Sonata”)
The 2023 concert season kicks off with a piano recital by the incomparable Sir Stephen Hough, who we are privileged to welcome back to Tippet Rise for the third time. Regarded as one of the most important and distinctive artists of his generation, Hough’s career also encompasses those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Hough was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2001). In 2014 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022. This year, Hough will perform compositions by Federico Mompou, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, as well as one of his own compositions – Partita.
Energic
Obscur
Profond: Lent
Misteriós
Calma
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Estampes
Pagodes
La soirée dans Grenade
Jardins sous la pluie
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH: Partita
Overture
Capriccio
Cancion y Danza I
Cancion y Danza II
Toccata
FRANZ LISZT: Three Petrarch Sonnets
No. 47
No. 104
No. 123
LISZT: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (“Dante Sonata”)
The 2023 concert season kicks off with a piano recital by the incomparable Sir Stephen Hough, who we are privileged to welcome back to Tippet Rise for the third time. Regarded as one of the most important and distinctive artists of his generation, Hough’s career also encompasses those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Hough was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (2001). In 2014 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022. This year, Hough will perform compositions by Federico Mompou, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, as well as one of his own compositions – Partita.