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Hough plays Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo

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A photo of Stephen Hough with pink circular swirls around him

Stephen Hough plays Beethoven and Sakari Oramo conducts Mahler’s First Symphony. Genius, pure and simple, from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 

As a pianist, Ludwig van Beethoven held his listeners spellbound. That’s quite a common response to hearing Stephen Hough play, too. Profound insight meets jaw-dropping artistry whenever Hough plays the piano, and it’s hard to imagine a more compelling interpreter of Beethoven’s darkest piano concerto.

And that’s just the first half. Then we’re off to the sunlit meadows and storm-swept vistas of Gustav Mahler’s epic First Symphony. Mahler wrote bigger symphonies; darker ones too. But he never wrote anything fresher or more passionate. This is the sound of young artist with big dreams and an even bigger imagination: a stirring climax to an evening brimming with poetry, drama and the sheer joy of creation. 

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This performance will finish at approximately 9.30pm, including a 20-minute interval

Promoted by BBC Symphony Orchestra

Programme

  • Ludwig van Beethoven   Piano Concerto No 3
  • Gustav Mahler   Symphony No 1

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Sakari Oramo   conductor
  • Stephen Hough   piano

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