Brahms & Beethoven

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Masterworks

Brahms & Beethoven

Jan 21

Sunday

3 PM

Century II Concert Hall

featuring Stephen Hough, piano

For this one evening, imagine yourself in Vienna!

Internationally acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough returns to the Century II Concert Hall to perform Brahms Second, one of the repertoire’s titanic piano concertos. No stranger to Wichita audiences, Hough performs this virtuosic tour de force, sometimes called “a symphony for piano and orchestra.” Brahms may not always receive the love that Beethoven gets, but few composers plumb the emotional depths and grandeur of music more than Brahms.

Maestro Hege pairs the Brahms with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Sometimes called “the apotheosis of the dance,” Beethoven’s rhythms propel the music throughout, ending with a whirlwind finale to take your breath away.

JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

About Pianist Stephen Hough

"THE MOST PERFECT PIANO PLAYING CONCEIVABLE"
- The Guardian

"A VIRTUOSO WHO BEGINS WHERE OTHERS LEAVE OFF"
- Washington Post

One of the most distinctive artists of his generation, Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career as a pianist with those of composer and writer. Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, Hough was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year’s Honors 2014. Since taking first prize at the 1983 Naumburg Competition in New York, Hough has performed with many of the world’s major orchestras and has given recitals at the most prestigious concert halls. Many of Mr. Hough’s catalogue of over 50 albums have garnered international prizes including several Grammy nominations and eight Gramophone Magazine Awards including ‘Record of the Year’ in 1996 and 2003. Mr. Hough resides in London where he is a visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music and holds the International Chair of Piano Studies at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College in Manchester. He is also a member of the faculty at The Juilliard School. To learn more about Stephen Hough, visit stephenhough.com.

Arrive Early for Concert Talks

If you’d like to learn more about the music in our concert programs, Concert Talks are just what you need! Before every Masterworks Concert, the Wichita Symphony Orchestra will present pre-concert talks which help prepare you and deepen your understanding of the music to be performed in the program. Sometimes our guest soloists even join Maestro Hege for a discussion of their concerto collaboration! Free to all ticket holders, Concert Talks take place in the Concert Hall one hour prior to each Masterworks performance.