Prom 6: Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov - 18 July 2023

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

19:30 Tuesday 18 July 2023
Royal Albert Hall

Grace-Evangeline Mason: new work (BBC commission: world première)
Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major

Sir Stephen Hough piano
BBC Philharmonic
Mark Wigglesworth conductor

[Ein Heldenleben]

Thought I’d try and create a new thread - partly as an experiment but largely to flag up Stephen Hough’s magnificent playing of Rach PC 1 . I’m keeping it brief as I gather the forum May be suspended at a seconds notice .

[french frank]

Might be worth moving this To the “official “ Prom 6 thread - not least because I have , in a flush of post Mahlerian enthusiasm, misspelt Maestro Wigglesworth’s surname..

Still trying to work out how to move posts. Wondered who Phil Wrigglesworth was.

NB There is a separate thread for comments on this Prom

[Ein Heldenleben]

Still trying to work out how to move posts. Wondered who Phil Wrigglesworth was.

NB There is a separate thread for comments on this Prom

Yes sorry about that.

[Alison]

Hi there Helders. Yes, great concert. Houghy one of my favourites. Mark Wigglesworth a master of Mahlerian timbres too!

[FFAdminMKS]

Topic now open

[Ein Heldenleben]

Hi Alison . A tremendous Mahler 1 with a superb sound balance - an appropriately triumphant concert for the return of the forum. I think it’s been a strong start to the season though I wasn’t over enamoured with the embellishments in the Vivaldi last night.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Might be worth moving this To the “official “ Prom 6 thread - not least because I have , in a flush of post Mahlerian enthusiasm, misspelt Maestro Wigglesworth’s surname..

[Nick Armstrong]

Thought I’d try and create a new thread - partly as an experiment but largely to flag up Stephen Hough’s magnificent playing of Rach PC 1 . I’m keeping it brief as I gather the forum May be suspended at a seconds notice .

It was astonishing wasn’t it!

Haven’t heard the Mahler yet…

[Barbirollians]

I only caught the Rachmaninov 1 - very fine indeed.

[Retune]

For some unfathomable reason, I hadn't included this one in my main Proms booking. It was (understandably) sold out, so I ended up promming in the Gallery, where I was pleasantly surprised by how well it sounded at that altitude, and I managed to get a good view. Excellent concert. 'Ablaze the Moon' is a fine piece, Hough was great in the Rach 1, and I was really impressed by the BBC Phil and Wigglesworth there and in the Mahler.

[jonfan]

The Mahler is a top drawer performance, I was gripped from the first bar to the very end. What an exciting experience for the students to be part of this!!.

[Barbirollians]

I caught up with the Mahler 1 tonight . Deserves the praise especially the finale which sometimes does not hang together as well as it did that night.