Stephen Hough plays Mendelssohn’s “1st Piano Concerto”
Thursday May 27: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO 20-21_21)
Donald Runnicles, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano
Nancy Galbraith: Euphonic Blues; Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1;
[Encore: Frederic Chopin: Nocturne in E flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2];
Richard Wagner: “Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walkure; “Forest Murmers” from Siegfried;
“Siegfried’s Rhine Journey,” “Siegfried’s Funeral Music” and “Brunnhilde’s Immolation Scene” from Gotterdammerung; [Encore: Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin];
[Fill: Richard Wagner: “Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla” from Das Rheingold; William Steinberg, conductor];