During the pandemic, Sir Stephen Hough, the renowned British pianist and composer, received an email from a film director in Los Angeles who wanted to make a movie about a composer writing a piano ...
The Tarantella appassionata finale abounds in rhythmic displacements and off-beat accents that keep the listener guessing, plus excitingly rapid concertante-like interplay Don’t think for a moment ...
To discuss what sets Beethoven apart from other composers, John Wilson is joined by pianist Stephen Hough, poet Ruth Padel, Oxford Professor of Music Laura Tunbridge and conductor Sir Simon Rattle ...