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Pianist Stephen Hough with a playlist of fireworks and finesse

Pianist Stephen Hough reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including dances from Richard Strauss and Irving Berlin and a dazzling Blue Danube from 1928.

Pianist Stephen Hough introduces some of the piano music and the pianists who have been a source of inspiration to him over the years. Artur Schnabel plays Beethoven, Alfred Cortot performs Chopin and Josef Lh茅vinne offers what Stephen calls 鈥渙ne of the greatest tracks of piano music ever recorded鈥�, with a remarkable 1928 recording of Josef Strauss II鈥檚 Blue Danube Waltz.

Stephen also selects a movement from Michael Tippett鈥檚 Piano Concerto, and a couple of his own recordings of music by C茅cile Chaminade and John Corigliano. There鈥檚 choral music from Thomas Tallis, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar, as well as fiery intensity from the cellist Daniil Shafran and a turbocharged excerpt from Richard Strauss鈥檚 opera Salome.

Plus, a celebration of the joint creative talents of Shirley Bassey and Nelson Riddle in the music of Irving Berlin.

A series in which each week a musician explores a selection of music - from the inside.

A Tandem Production for 麻豆社 Radio 3

Photo credit: Sim Canetty-Clarke

1 hour, 56 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Mar 2024 13:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Scarf Dance

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    脡tude Op. 25 No. 1

    Performer: Alfred Cortot.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium

    Ensemble: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A minor for arpeggione & piano, D. 821 (I. Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Lydia Percheskaya.

  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.

  • Irving Berlin

    Let's Face the Music and Dance

    Performer: Shirley Bassey.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op. 2 No. 2 (IV. Rondo)

    Performer: Artur Schnabel.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 4 (I. Allegro non troppo)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.

  • John Corigliano

    脡tude Fantasy (III. Fifths to thirds; IV. Ornaments)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Missa Brevis, Op. 63 (II. Gloria)

    Performer: James O鈥橠onnell. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sanctus Fortis, Sanctus Deus (The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38)

    Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.

  • Michael Tippett

    Piano Concerto (I. Allegro non troppo)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Performer: Josef Lh茅vinne.

Broadcasts

  • Sat 11 Feb 2023 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3
  • Sat 30 Mar 2024 13:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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