Stephen Hough: Federico Mompou Jeunes filles au jardin

[OktoberStorm]

That's the touch! Like Kempff touching a white dove.

[pcma1970]

Amazing music

[poupee58]

Beautiful music

[Schubermann]

il y a du soleil dans ce jardin... c'est magnifique!

[davidsunsbk]

Do you have the original video of Stephen Hough played Rhapsody on A Theme of Paganini at the same concert? I really want it!

[alejandrina92]

Bravooo!!

[danielbream]

bellissimo

[thomasmoredamian]

If Debussy had been born Catalan, he would have written music such as this. This is magical music....Ravel is there, as is Poulenc....but the sound is all Mompou....I'm in love with this composer's work....you should be, as well. Check out Jonathan Plowright's new disc "Hommage a Chopin": it will mesmerize and bewitch you....he interprets Mompou like no one else....

[acorntechnique]

Stephen Hough didn't look well in this video though - he had a very unusual pallor.

[luke1841]

You can literally hear the birds chirping as he is playing this. He had the audience in the palm of his hand. Great performance!

[Mezzotenor]

Hough is such a wonderful artist, which is clear from the delicate and thoughtful peformance in this encore. When you can get thousands of people out of doors to sit quietly through a gentle number like this at the end of a concert, you're a special talent.

[harvardkarbodie]

ive watched this video 3 times and i'm still amazed to see him pull this off. it is a beautiful piece of course, but i think of mompou's music as "small" and to see it performed in a huge stadium is almost ironic. but somehow it works. more power to hough and mompou both.

[twijag]

It is a lesson that when we speak simply and quietly from the depths of our hearts we touch the universe.......

[harvardkarbodie]

Yes, perhaps so. But not to be cynical, someone right next to you on the bus might be "speaking simply" but that doesn't mean you're listening. This says as much for the inability to judge a book by its cover. And is also a lesson that strict dress codes for attendance of classical music concerts do not necessary mean the ears are in working order. It's as heartening to see the reaction at the end as it is to hear this beautiful performance.

[twijag]

Yes agree with that. What ever is played or said no matter how dazzling the delivery this is no guarantee that the 'other' listens. My point is that when one makes the effort to simplify and clarify the message and speak quietly about your truth from a place of vulnerability...you can touch an audience in a very profound way.

[SailorVVV]

what style is this beautiful music?

[MrBlakeums]

impressionism

[acorntechnique]

Impressionist though in the case of Mompou he was a bit of a late comer. He was in the same basket as Debussy, Ravel and Satie.

[paranoidgoldfish]

I watched him play this tonight. Much as I wonder why he has to play the same encore twice, he does play it well.

[tstsullivan797]

si tienes absolutamente razon!!!

[tstsullivan797]

a wonderfully underrated composer.thank you for posting this, it's fantastic

[harvardkarbodie]

Who's underrating Hough? Let me at him!! :o)

[TheHiorin]

AMAZING

[EleonoraBekova]

ok,it,s good.

[aninalos]

This lovely piece, brilliantly played by the wonderful Hough, I first heard years ago in the transcription for violin played by the tragic and marvelous Michael Rabin, the clever fourths played with such perfect intonation.

[musicamusement]

Mompou's music is for the soul - so profound - and Steven Hough plays it beautifully!

[nickus32000]

This is good but the recording by Guiomar Novaes from the 30's of this tune is amazing.

[vaxx2007]

excellent!! more such Hough's brilliants please!

[fartlestucks]

Really marvellous, a miracle of distilled magic, poetry and time standing still. Thanx o much.

[ellyphantz]

i'm playing this for my piano exam :D

[funkzoa]

beautiful!

[bortkievitch]

Mompou ha sido el músico español más intimista del siglo XX.Con pocas notas consigue un clima de ensueño exquisito.

Stephen Hough está a la altura del compositor.

Una auténtica maravilla. Gracias a quien lo ha puesto en youtube.Debe ser alguien con una gran sensibilidad.... (de los míos).

[Pacabelle]

Absolute bliss! My favourite album by Hough playing Mompou!

[minetto2]

Monpou is a much underated composer, he is sort of a modern Chopin, I love his music

[stpd1957]

I love that.

[funkmasteryellow]

OMG all those ppl...one screw up nd ur careers OVER...the pressure!!!!! !@#$%, god bless Mompou.

[chamesrichalds]

Too bad no one showed up for the gig...lol

Really nice playing, he makes that stadium sound as intimate as a cafe.

[Rosemary222]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[mdomanico]

nice touch....post more Mompou...

[jgmcarthur]

What sensitive music and wodnerful playing to match! Is this Mompou piece originally for piano solo and, if so, where can I find it?

[pianoguydave]

perfect, thanks for posting

[klukkluk]

Thank you very much for posting this!

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