Event Concerts and Performances Stephen Hough, Piano

Date and Location

  • When: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

    8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

  • Where: St. Mark's Episcopal Church

    301 A Street SE, Washington, DC 20003

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress

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Sir Stephen Hough brings his trademark eloquence and precision to a recital filled with music by composers close to his heart. From the mysterious and mystical realms of Mompou and Scriabin to the evocative imagery of Debussy and Hough’s own Partita, Hough leaves a stamp on all of this repertoire. His recital closes with a suite of pieces selected from the second volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage—the famous Petrarch sonnets as well as the astounding “Dante Sonata.” The Library has several works by Mompou in its collections, and an original song manuscript that is a darker revision of one of Liszt’s most beloved songs and piano transcriptions, the Sonetto 104 del Petrarca.

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Schedule

Program

FEDERICO MOMPOU
Cants mágìcs

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Estampes

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Sonata no. 5, op. 53

STEPHEN HOUGH
Partita

FRANZ LISZT
Selections from Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième Année – Italie, S. 161
Sonetto 47 del Petrarca
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca 
Après une lecture du Dante. Fantasia quasi Sonata

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