Stephen Hough’s “scintillating technique and characteristically sparkling sound” paired with “imaginative intelligence” (The Guardian) make each of his performances gripping affairs. He tests his virtuosity and stamina in passionate storms summoned by Beethoven and Schumann, and draws from a vast palette of tonal colors for the refined and languid music of Debussy.

Program
DEBUSSY “Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque
DEBUSSY Images, Book II
SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Major
DEBUSSY “La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune” from Preludes, Book II
DEBUSSY Images, Book I
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”