Stephen Hough, the composer, is a polymath recognized by The Economist and has a distinguished career as a pianist, composer, and writer.
Composition History
Stephen Hough returned to composition in his early 40s after nearly twenty years of writing virtually nothing except concert transcriptions.
Recording & Production
The London Choral Sinfonia, conducted by Michael Waldron, has a busy concert schedule and an extensive discography, including an award-winning Christmas album and critically acclaimed releases.
Composer Biography
Stephen Hough was the first classical performer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship and has been awarded a CBE and a Knighthood for Services to Music.
Composition History
Stephen Hough wrote part of the Agnus Dei for Missa Mirabilis in St. Mary's Hospital while waiting for a brain scan after his car crash.
Composition History
The Missa Mirabilis, the main work on this recording, was composed in three days after Stephen Hough gathered a year's worth of sketches, just before he was involved in a serious car crash.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Stephen Hough's Londinium Service, a setting of Anglican Evensong canticles, features dual-language texts to suggest an 'inbuilt, sung yet unspoken ecumenism'.
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