Joshua Batty and Somi Kim invite you to discover delicious music for flute and piano, including the premiere of a new work by composer, writer and pianist, Sir Stephen Hough.
JOSHUA BATTY flute SOMI KIM piano
SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen BARTÓK Suite Paysanne Hongroise Aristea MELLOSSong Without Words Stephen HOUGH Nocturne*
*Commissioned for AFCM and Musica Viva Australia, supported by the Ken Tribe Fund for Australian Composers.
SIR STEPHEN HOUGH
Named by The Economist as one of Twenty Living Polymaths, British-Australian artist Sir Stephen Hough combines a distinguished career of a concert pianist with those of a composer and writer. He was awarded a Knighthood for Services to Music in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2022.
In a career spanning over 40 years, Stephen Hough has played regularly with most of the world’s leading orchestras. He has been a regular guest of recital series and festivals including New York's Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Salzburg, Verbier, Aldeburgh and Edinburgh.
As a composer, his 2021 String Quartet No. 1 ’Les Six Rencontres’, was written for and recorded by the Takács Quartet for Hyperion Records. Stephen’s discography of 70 recordings has garnered awards including the Diapason d’Or de l’Année and eight Gramophone Awards. Upcoming releases include a Liszt album, a recital of encores and Stephen's Piano Concerto, ‘The World of Yesterday’.
Sydney Morning Masters is generously supported by the Wenkart Foundation.
