Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 (Stephen Hough pianist)

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  • Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
    - Allegro non troppo (00:07)
    - Allegro appassionato (18:45)
    - Andante (28:36)
    - Allegretto grazioso (40:25)
    Encore: Robert Schumann: Träumerei from Kinderszenen (49:48)
    Iceland Symphony Orchestra
    Han-Na Chang, conductor
    Stephen Hough, piano
    From a concert in Harpa, Reykjavik, October 10th, 2019.
    Stúdíó Sýrland, © Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands

ความคิดเห็น • 57

  • @AmadeusMars
    @AmadeusMars 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    he plays brahms with such warm and rich tone!I just came out of his Mozart concertos!i just cannot believe it!

  • @JL-jw1nn
    @JL-jw1nn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for posting this most recent thrilling presentation! Bravo Maestro Han-Na Chang, Iceland SO, and Stephen Hough--I will return here often to immerse in both the lush and invigorating sounds that abound in this performance. Raleigh NC welcomes Stephen to Meymandi Hall where he will be performing the Brahms this weekend - Fri Jan 24 & Sat Jan 25!!!

  • @johnhaines6768
    @johnhaines6768 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of the most electric yet lyric performances of this concerto on TH-cam!!! Wow!!

  • @JoelLeBras
    @JoelLeBras ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "I just have been writing a very, very little concerto with a delicious small scherzo" (J. Brahms.)

  • @fonsecorona
    @fonsecorona 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Qué rico que suena ese Stainway...Especialmente en el tercer movimiento...Ese man Stephen Hough hace sonar a Brahms exquisito en ese piano...

  • @rodbadel8
    @rodbadel8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Excelente, magnífico. Muchas gracias por este regalo.

  • @yongbkim6068
    @yongbkim6068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    정말 아름다운 선율.

  • @normhall1622
    @normhall1622 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Great performance - It's the first I'm hearing this orchestra and it is impressive. Stephen Hough is a great pianist and a fine writer. I am currently reading his book "Rough Ideas" and it is so interesting to read his thoughts on all things music and performing. I love this concerto and this performance was wonderful.

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stephen Hough is the most over-rated pianist Ever!.The British critic writers (.no.talent low.IQ points Stupid). claiming that Hough.is The Best Rachmaninov piano concertos player Ever!.The.british crtiv writers Hough is the Best Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2 player Ever!. The British press telling big.lies of course because The no.talent low IQ points critic writers loves The second-rated players and their.trash Bad Art of course!! The most awful probanda brainwash trash crazy Norman Lebrecht! Norman Lebrecht wrote.how about.The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano Grigory Sokolov his family roots?.Who were Sokolov grandmother? How about Sokolov his Wife?.The right good pure clean people.would Had Said and wrote! GO AND LISTEN GRIGORY SOKOLOV HIS.BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO 2!. CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO NO 2! After. Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are only The DUST ZEROS!!!!!!

    • @MaScalo4508
      @MaScalo4508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stephen Hough is a real artist: he is a painter and a writer, as you said, which is a great advantage already. Plus he plays with beautiful touch. His playing is always full of ideas and inspiration. I think he also became a great pianist thanks to his knowledge of other arts, as I said the painting and the writing, and composition too! This makes him a great pianist and an exquisite human being.

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I find it a very mildly perverse discomfort that Stephen Hough is so remarkable and that all I have is an above average IQ.
    If I could paint as well as Stephen Hough I'd be thrilled! I have 2 of his pictures framed on my wall, 'Frosty Morning' and 'Green Passage'.
    "People are happiest through enjoying the achievements of others, and through celebrating their work and achievements almost as if they had achieved and created them themselves."
    "For the vast superiority of another there is no remedy but love."
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1749 - 1832 )

  • @charliecrcc3859
    @charliecrcc3859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing, bravo Maestro!!!

  • @suzancwilson436
    @suzancwilson436 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A NIMBLE AGILE PRODIGY..
    HE WILL GO VERY FARRR!!
    WATCH
    LEGENDARY PIANIST OF UPMOST SUBLIME EXPRESSION..
    ANDRE' WATTS
    YOUR GREAT!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎹🎹🎹🎶🎶🎵🎵🎶🎶👏👏👏👏🙏👏🙏🙏🎹🎹🎹🎶🎶🎵🎵
    BRAVO!!👏👏👏❤️❤️💋❤️
    SUZZAN C. WILSON❤❤👍👍

  • @lauterunvollkommenheit4344
    @lauterunvollkommenheit4344 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does this differ from the video you posted on October 15th?

  • @igorrromanov
    @igorrromanov 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Первая часть слишком медленно и тяжеловато...

  • @fonsecorona
    @fonsecorona 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    41:34 Ooops Que pasó Stephen?

    • @eternityinview
      @eternityinview 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please let us know where we can see your performance of this concert sans the oops

    • @fonsecorona
      @fonsecorona 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eternityinview you can't 🙂

  • @class87srule
    @class87srule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Is there anything Mr Hough is incapable of transforming from the often hackneyed into an exciting, enlightening and gripping occasion. His double trills are scary, the passagework powerful and truly Brahmsian and revelatory. His ensemble with the other protagonists is truly that of a chamber musician but the piano truly holds its own. Memorable performance!

    • @weiwang591
      @weiwang591 ปีที่แล้ว

      你是傻逼

    • @jrb5077
      @jrb5077 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hackneyed? This concerto?

    • @class87srule
      @class87srule ปีที่แล้ว

      Levit calls it difficult but Hough makes it look easy...

  • @zenchopin
    @zenchopin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Great, great, great great pianist. Open breath with Handel in mind. Impressive conduction. Fantastic high notes singing piano.

  • @TomBarrister
    @TomBarrister 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The cellist in the third movement is Sigurgeir Agnarsson. Mister Agnarsson has been with the orchestra for most of his professional career. He is in demand as a soloist, and he performs with chamber groups in Iceland.]
    The oboist is Julia Hantschel, who has been a member of various orchestras before coming to Iceland, and who also is in demand as a soloist.

  • @quaver1239
    @quaver1239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you. Loved Stephen Hough’s performance, and am always enchanted by the work of this conductor of the Icelandic orchestra. Truly a pleasure.

  • @Axel196247
    @Axel196247 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow Amazing....It's a wonderfull Clip.....Thank you

  • @pianofigured
    @pianofigured 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As I studied the orchestral score at A-Level back in the day, it has forever been a part of me and therefore I can really appreciate the work that Stephen Hough has put into this fine performance. The technique is right on point and I love the way Stephen connects with this music, with both delicacy and vigour. 😄

    • @judybolyn5965
      @judybolyn5965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it,s a joy to hear Mr. Hough once more. It is also a delight to hear and watch a conductor invest a beloved concerto with her own obvious enthusiasm and that something that elevates it to a new level Brava!

  • @richardpike9861
    @richardpike9861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Thank you so much for making this available in this way in these dark days. It has brought tears to my eyes just being able to see and hear Stephen Hough playing this.

  • @MM-111
    @MM-111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant! 🌟🎹🎵🎼🎶👏
    Bravo Stephen Hough! 💐
    Bravo Orchestra and Conductor! 💐
    Thank you Iceland Symphony Orchestra! 💐

  • @hernana6689
    @hernana6689 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nope. I don't like it. This is not Brahms.

    • @EmptyVee00000
      @EmptyVee00000 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely not Brahms; he seems bored out of mind, musically speaking, and the technical challenge takes absolute precedence.

  • @Alksinder
    @Alksinder 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gilels Reiner; Gilels Jochum!!!!!! Mais c'était une extraordinaire interprétation, un Brahms diverse mais riche

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players are Really=Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra from 1969 Richter the most monumental and Best structure for music! Grigory Sokolov his Brahms no 2 with Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1987 Sokolov had the Best piano sound! Sokolov his rhythmic vitalness is unbeatable! Sokolov the most Titanic Brahms no 2! Edwin Fischer from 1942 Fischer the big Genius!!

    • @Alksinder
      @Alksinder 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RaineriHakkarainen C’est vrai, il est impossible de classer les merveilleuses interprétations, parmi lesquelles celle de Gilels et, bien sûr, celle oubliée de Fisher. Toutes celles que vous nommez profondément étudiées, comprises et interprétées. Aujourd’hui, nous entendons beaucoup d’exécutions non interprétatives

  • @claudioparrella183
    @claudioparrella183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Conoscevamo Stephen Hough per le incisioni di pezzi poco noti. Adesso, con questo concerto di Brahms, si mette veramente in gioco, essendo confrontato con le esecuzioni dei grandi pianisti di ogni tempo

  • @ulfwernernielsen6708
    @ulfwernernielsen6708 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is Han - Na Chang still playing the cello?? I hope . She was a wonderful cellist.

  • @Tarayamachan
    @Tarayamachan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How beautiful ! Please come to Japan

  • @christopheschollaert6360
    @christopheschollaert6360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Très très belle interprétation.

  • @samthiel9824
    @samthiel9824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    12:37...magic!

  • @aldoringo439
    @aldoringo439 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This shits actually fire

  • @danijelbrecelj
    @danijelbrecelj ปีที่แล้ว

    powerful

  • @hhy655
    @hhy655 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stephen hough♡

  • @kzhang9243
    @kzhang9243 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it just me or is this version a bit slow...

    • @Ageless-yh7gv
      @Ageless-yh7gv ปีที่แล้ว

      No it's not you. It is slower than any I've heard. I didn't mind it at first. But after a while, it begins to sound a little stodgy. And then he plays Traumerai for his encore too fast!?! Try Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Nelson Freire for the Brahms. Neither is live. But each is spectacular!

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players are Really=Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra from 1969 Richter the most monumental and Best structure for music better than Hough or Gelber! Edwin Fischer from 1942 Fischer the big Genius better than genius than Hough or Gelber! Grigory Sokolov his Brahms no 2 with Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1987 had the Best piano sound! Sokolov his rhythmic vitalness is unbeatable! Sokolov the most Titanic Brahms no 2!!

  • @ascv3246
    @ascv3246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    seems like the initial horn slip has been edited

    • @lkrupp215
      @lkrupp215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Who gives a flying ‘eff about a horn slip? It’s a goddamn live performance. If you’re looking for imperfection you will always find it but what a stupid way to listen to music. And by the way, the horn is probably the most difficult and demanding brass instrument to play bar none. Try it sometime. If something like this bothers you then stick to studio recordings where digital editing covers up all sins. There’s nothing more electrifying than a live performance.

    • @ascv3246
      @ascv3246 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i think your venting at the wrong person - not my edit - im just thankful the video was uploaded

    • @creslinwest9243
      @creslinwest9243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Overreact much? The original comment by ascv3246 can not in anyway be read as a criticism of the horn playing. Merely a fairly neutral observation that a minor mistake had been edited out.
      As it is, I agree with you, Lawrence Krupp, about the difficulties of playing the french horn, it requires a fine ear and demands embouchure and breathing control far and above any other wind instrument. This particular opening must require nerves of steel.
      I think that it is a shame if there was a slip and it was edited out (I couldn't tell, there was certainly no audible mistake in the horn opening and the horn player himself gave nothing away visually). Because I agree with you that live performance is exciting in a way that studio recordings can't be.

    • @quaver1239
      @quaver1239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ascv3246 : So? Why does it matter to you? The music as a whole is glorious.

    • @fonsecorona
      @fonsecorona 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't even notice...perhaps I'll pay more attention next time I play the video...Cause there's gonna be a next time, for sure..This performance deserves more than one encore..First time I hear this orchestra, and so far, just by the first movement, I'm at awe....Excellent!

  • @easy1253
    @easy1253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By the time I got to 30:00 in the video, I knew that the conductor, who had impressed me in some earlier passages, missed the character of Brahms, the culture that his music reflected, and was delivering a palid version of this work. Both the pianist and the conductor were superficially good in this music, but ultimately not fit for it. I'd recommend Mrazek&Swarowsky, Richter-Haaser&Karajan, and Gieseking& Heger (the latter being incomplete). Each of those is great in different ways and should be heard. They're all at youtube.

    • @class87srule
      @class87srule 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Emmanuel Ax, Maurizio Pollini and Emil Gilels are up titanic in this work which needs more allegro than this conductor is giving it. I feel Stephen Hough is being held back here. Brahms needs more macho, please!

    • @RaineriHakkarainen
      @RaineriHakkarainen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stephen Hough is the over-rated pianist Ever,! The British press critic writers ( no talent low IQ stupid,) claiming that Hough.is The Best Rachmaninov piano concertos! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! The British critic writers telling big.lies of course!! Stephen Hough Brahms piano concerto no 2 with a thin colorless cold icy piano sound Ever!! The BEST Brahms piano concerto no 2 players Are really 2: Grigory Sokolov With The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video TH-cam from 1987! Sokolov The Best piano sound Ever!.Sokolov The most vital rhythmic Beat! Unbeatable vitalness) Sokolov The most Titanic Ever!!!) 2: Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel recording from 1969-1970! Sviatoslav Richter (The Big. Genius playing Brahms piano concerto no 2!!).3: Edwin Fischer from 1942!! 4:Van Cliburn in Moscow 1962!. Why Van Cliburn because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau!! Van Cliburn his Brahms piano concerto no 2 playing is Better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman!!