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Tom Service talks to pianist Stephen Hough

Tom Service talks to pianist Stephen Hough.

Tom Service talks to pianist Stephen Hough about his new piano concerto The World of Yesterday, inspired by the book of the same name by Stefan Zweig. And as part of 鶹 Mental Wellbeing season, Tom hears from cellist and writer Hattie Butterworth about the challenges faced by professional musicians today.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op 19 (3rd mvt - Rondo)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Hyperion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' - Menuet

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No. 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60 - iv) Finale: Allegro con spirito

    Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Dvorák: Complete Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 32.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 47: III. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria (Meditation sur le premier prelude de piano de J.S. Bach)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Symphoniae sacrae - I Jubilate Deo

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Woogie Boogie

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 901.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique".
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philippe Bernold. Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: André Cazalet. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Guillaume Sutre. Performer: Miguel da Silva. Performer: François Salque. Performer: Vincent Pasquier.
    • NAIVE.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Music Arranger: Marc-Olivier Dupin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Violin Favourites.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Sonata in G major Op.168 for bassoon and piano; 1. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Marc Trénel. Performer: Pascal Godart.
    • INDESENS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Dichterliebe, Op. 48 - III. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Deutsche Gramaphon.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Op.26

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Emilio Pujol

    Guajira

    Performer: Josep Antoni Chic.
    • LA MA DE GUIDO.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet in D minor, D810 "Death and the Maiden" (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Death And The Maiden.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.
  • John Rutter

    Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Nino Rota

    Harp Concerto - I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Fêtes d'Hébé (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Rameau/Charpentier: Musique de Ballet: Les Arts Florissants/Christie.
    • Erato.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 2 in B minor arr Klengel

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • The Berlin Recital: Anne-Sophie Mutter/Lambert Orkis.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Sat 18 May 2024 09:00