Stephen Hough Plays Brahms First Piano Concerto Pt. 2

[JuanPablitoKlavier]

Oh! Clara! Clara! .....

[Bognarfan]

Hearing Mr. Hough perform this in person at Blossom Music Festival was like a religious experience.  It was just magnificent!

[vibrohm]

@Bognarfan grrr you make me envious

[afertyus1000]

id have liked the low g at 2.19 be played louder

[Mgglawrence]

I love the way his hands move around eachother between 7:50 and 8:10.

[longeaton34]

I suspect Johannes had one person in mind when he wrote this... Clara Schumann.

[SebastienLoong]

I think so as well. After all, to be able to have the physical/mental fuel to compose music of such emotional and intellectual heights, one requires a more than decent inspiration to fuel.

[Haeronthegreat]

@longeaton34 Well, he did write her a letter saying it's a 'gentle portrait of you' so it's a fair bet that he did.

[longeaton34]

@Haeronthegreat - Good lord, did he really? Thank you for that. By the way, does Hough make a mistake at 2.22?

[Haeronthegreat]

@longeaton34 He did indeed, although some of this is a bit more passionate than gentle, so perhaps there's something he wasn't telling her, hmm...

I do believe he does. Oh well! This is still wonderful, but I might have liked a longer trill.

[Mgglawrence]

@longeaton34

I don't know whether or not there was a mistake at 2.22 but if you consider the several thousands of notes that he plays during the entire concerto, what difference does one small wrong note make? An almost undetectable mistake is surely insigificant when you consider this magnificent performance as a whole. It just shows that he is a human despite his breathtaking musical skill.

[howdilydoodily]

Oh, please.  I dno't know why I'm even dignifying statements like these with a response, but this has to be said:

There are many depths of latent sorrow, introspection and reflection that transcend amorous thoughts.

[rotterdam1953]

I heard this for the first time some days ago on Classic FM I believe but it is sadly NOTHING like what I heard. I wonder if the announcer got his wires crossed. Now I'll never know.

[JohnLowe86]

Amazing that someone so young could write a slow movement of such power, depth and beauty.

[justinfulcher23]

this guy is pretty good

[akkratuns]

"Clara Schumann"

[afertyus1000]

i love this movement