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Rough Ideas

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by Stephen Hough


  Special thanks to Rt Revd Lord Harries, Alain de Botton, Peter Doig and Gordon VeneKlasen, New City Press, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and the estate of Madeleine L’Engle for permission to use quotes from their writings and publications. And even more special thanks to Jill Burrows, Kate Ward, Belinda Matthews, Jonathan Galassi, and my agent, David Godwin, for advice, suggestions, encouragement, enthusiasm and more.

  Index

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  92nd Street Y, New York

  Abbey Road studios, London

  abortion

  Abraham

  abstract art

  Abstract Expressionism

  acoustics

  actors

  and emotions

  line learning

  in performance

  projection

  and repetition

  Adorno, Theodor

  agogic accents

  Aix en Provence

  Albers, Josef

  Albert, Prince

  Alberti bass

  Alison, James

  Faith Beyond Resentment

  Alkan, Charles-Valentin

  Concerto for Solo Piano

  All Saints’ Church, Finchley

  All Saints’ Church, Tooting

  Alphonsus de Ligouri, St

  Preparation for Death

  Alzheimer’s disease

  American generosity

  Ampleforth Abbey

  amplification

  Amsterdam

  Angelico, Fra

  Anglican Communion

  anti-Semitism

  Aquinas, St Thomas

  Argentina

  Arian controversy

  Aristotle

  arpeggios, see pianists: scales and arpeggios

  art nouveau

  artists’ management

  Arts and Crafts movement

  Ashton, Nicholas

  Aspen

  Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music

  atheism

  Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

  atonal music

  emotional impact

  audiences

  age of

  applause

  bad behaviour

  education and encouragement of

  engagement in performance

  judgement

  musicianship

  passivity

  targeting of

  auditions

  Augustine, St

  Auschwitz

  Australia

  Avery Fisher Hall, New York

  Bach, Johann Sebastian

  chorales

  Mass in B minor (bwv 232)

  Toccata and Fugue in D minor (bwv 565)

  Das wohltemperierte Klavier (bwv 846–93)

  see also Bach–Busoni

  Bach–Busoni

  Chaconne

  Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C (bwv 564)

  Bachauer, Gina

  Baines, William

  Baker, Martin

  Balanchine, George

  ballet

  Barber, Samuel

  Barbican Centre, London

  Barbirolli, John

  Barcelona

  Bardac, Emma

  Bari

  Baroque style

  Bartók, Béla

  Piano Concerto no. 2 in G (Sz. 95)

  Piano Concerto no. 3 in E (Sz. 119)

  Bauer, Harold

  Bausch, Pina

  BBC

  BBC Proms

  BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

  BBC Symphony Orchestra

  Beatles: ‘Eleanor Rigby’

  Bechstein, C. (piano manufacturer)

  Bechstein Hall

  see also Wigmore Hall

  Bechstein pianos

  Beethoven, Ludwig van

  cadenzas

  creative block

  An die ferne Geliebte, op. 98

  cello sonatas

  Diabelli Variations, op. 120

  Piano Concerto no. 1 in C, op. 15

  Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 19

  Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor, op. 37

  Piano Concerto no. 4 in G, op. 58

  Piano Concerto no. 5 in E flat (‘Emperor’), op. 73

  piano concertos

  Piano Sonata no. 7 in D, op. 10 no. 3

  Piano Sonata no. 12 in A flat, op. 26

  Piano Sonata no. 20 in G, op. 49 no. 2,

  235

  Piano Sonata no. 28 in A, op. 101

  Piano Sonata no. 29 in B flat, op. 106 (Hammerklavier)

  Piano Sonata no. 31 in A flat, op. 110

  Piano Sonata no. 32 in C minor, op. 111

  piano sonatas

  String Quartet in F minor, op. 95

  symphonies

  violin sonatas

  bel canto

  Bellini, Vincenzo

  Benson, A. C.

  Berg, Alban

  Piano Sonata, op. 1

  Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

  Berglund, Paavo

  Beringer, Oscar

  Berlin

  Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet

  Bernac, Pierre

  Bernanos, Georges: Diary of a Country Priest

  Bertenson, Vasily

  Bethany

  Bethlehem

  Bible

  New Testament

  see also individual books

  Biegel, Jeffrey

  Bizet, Georges

  Blackheath Conservatoire

  Blitzstein, Marc

  Bloch, Joseph

  Bloom, Paul: How Pleasure Works

  Blossom Festival

  Boer War

  Bolet, Jorge

  Bonn

  Borok, Emmanuel

  Borsuk, Anna

  Bösendorfer pianos

  Bostridge, Ian

  A Singer’s Notebook

  Boulez, Pierre

  Boult, Adrian

  Bournemouth Sinfonietta

  Bowen, Philip

  Bowen, York

  24 Preludes, op. 102

  Ballade no. 2 in A minor, op. 87

  Berceuse, op. 83

  The Lament of Tasso, op. 5

  Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 17

  Piano Concerto no. 4 in A minor, op. 88

  piano concertos

  Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 72

  piano sonatas

  Romance no. 1, op. 35

  Romance no. 2, op. 45

  Second Suite, op. 30

  Suite Mignonne, op. 39

  suites

  Symphony no. 1 in G, op. 4

  symphonies

  Toccata, op. 155

  Twelve Studies, op. 46

  Viola Concerto in C minor, op. 25

  Bowen & McKechnie

  Bowler, Thomas

  Bowler, William

  bowler hat

  Brahms, Johannes

  Ballade in B, op. 10 no. 4

  cello sonatas

  Clarinet Sonata in E flat, op. 120 no. 2

  Clarinet Sonata in F minor, op. 120 no. 1

  Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114

  Four Ballades, op. 10

  Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15

  Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat, op. 83

  Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34

  Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 5

  String Quartet in A minor, op. 51

  violin sonatas

  Brain, Aubrey

  Brain, Dennis

  Bravo, Carmen

  Brazilian popular music

  breathing

  Brendel, Alfred

  Britten, Benjamin

  Diversions, op. 21

  Sonatina Romantica (1940)

  broadcasting

  Bruckner, Anton

  Symphony no. 7 in E (w
ab 107)

  symphonies

  Buckingham Palace, London

  Bülow, Hans von

  Beethoven editions

  Burroughs, William: The Naked Lunch

  Busoni, Ferruccio

  see also Bach–Busoni

  cadenzas

  Cage, John

  Caldey Island

  Callow, Simon

  Calvin, John

  Cambridge, University of

  Camus, Albert

  Cana

  Cannes

  cantabile

  Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

  Carnegie Hall, New York

  Carter, Elliott

  Caruso, Enrico

  Cather, Willa

  Lucy Gayheart

  My Ántonia

  Catholic Emancipation Act 1829

  Catholicism

  Assumption, Feast of

  Catechism

  Confession

  and cremation

  history of

  liturgy

  Mass

  and modernism

  priesthood

  theology

  Century Club, New York

  Cézanne, Paul

  Chadwick, Eric

  Chaliapin, Feodor

  Chaminade, Cécile: Automne

  charisma

  Cherkassky, Shura

  Chesterton, G. K.

  Chetham’s School, Manchester

  Chicago

  Chicago Symphony Orchestra

  Chickering pianos

  Chopin, Fryderyk

  Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23

  Ballade no. 4 in F minor, op. 52

  ballades

  Étude in C, op. 10 no. 1

  Étude in A minor, op. 10 no. 2

  Étude in E, op. 10 no. 3

  Étude in G flat, op. 10 no. 5

  Étude in A flat, op. 25 no. 1

  Étude in G sharp minor, op. 25 no. 6

  Étude in B minor, op. 25 no. 10

  Étude in A minor, op. 25 no. 11

  études

  mazurkas

  Nocturne in D flat, op. 27 no. 2

  Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, op. 11

  Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 21

  Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35

  Piano Sonata no. 3 in B minor, op. 58

  Polonaise in A flat, op. 53

  préludes

  Scherzo no. 1, op. 20

  scherzos

  Variations on ‘Là ci darem la mano’, op. 2

  waltzes

  Christianity

  celibacy

  Commandments

  contemplation

  Creed

  dancing

  doubt

  eternal life

  faith

  fasting

  guilt

  history

  miracles

  Passion of Christ

  persecution

  sacraments

  Trinity

  Christmas

  carols

  chromatic scale

  church buildings

  acoustics

  for concerts

  for recordings

  Church of England

  Choral Evensong

  see also Anglican Communion

  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

  Clapton, Eric

  classical music

  accessibility

  affordability

  as background

  broadcasts

  digital platforms

  education

  emotional impact of

  healing power of

  ‘mood’ of

  Classical style

  Claudel, Paul: Cent phrases pour éventails

  Cleveland Orchestra

  Clinton, President Bill

  Coke II, William

  Cole, Teju

  Collcutt, Thomas Edward

  Colorado Symphony

  Colorado Symphony Chorus

  Columbia Records

  competitions

  composers and emotion

  Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

  concerts

  dress code

  and informality

  intervals

  and laughter

  length

  and mobile phones

  and politics

  pre-concert routine

  scheduling

  student attendance

  as theatre

  concert halls

  acoustics

  architecture

  backstage

  bars and restaurants

  materials

  as museums

  as sacred spaces

  shoebox shape

  Condon, Denis

  conductors’ career structure

  contact lenses

  contemporary music

  Copland, Aaron

  Corigliano, John

  Etude Fantasy

  Corinth

  Corinthians, First Epistle to the

  Cortot, Alfred

  Bach transcription

  Chopin editions

  counterpoint

  Counter-Reformation

  Cranmer, Thomas

  criticism

  in masterclasses

  post-concert

  critics, music

  deception of

  Czerny, Carl

  Dahl, Dr Nikolai

  Dallas

  Dallas Symphony Orchestra

  Dalton, Sylvia

  Danemann pianos

  Davidoff

  Davis, Andrew

  Dawkins, Richard

  de Botton, Alain

  The Art of Travel

  Religion for Atheists

  de Foucauld, Charles

  death

  Debussy, Claude

  La Cathédrale engloutie

  Children’s Corner

  Clair de lune

  Cloches à travers les feuilles

  Les collines d’Anacapri

  Deux Arabesques

  Estampes

  Golliwog’s Cakewalk

  Hommage à Rameau

  L’Île joyeuse

  Images I

  Images II

  Minstrels

  La Plus que lente

  Poissons d’or

  Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune

  Préludes

  Reflets dans l’eau

  Voiles

  Decca

  Delibes, Léo

  dementia

  depression

  Diabelli, Anton: Waltz in C

  diabolus in musica, see tritone

  Dickens, Charles

  Bleak House

  Dignitas

  disgrace

  Disney Hall, Los Angeles

  Doig, Peter

  Dolmetsch, Carl

  Dolmetsch Online

  du Sautoy, Marcus

  duende

  Durand (music publisher)

  Dvinsk, Latvia

  Dvořák, Antonín

  Piano Concerto in G minor, op. 33

  Te Deum, op. 103

  ebooks

  ecclesiastical dress

  Eckhard, Jason

  ecology

  Edinburgh

  Edinburgh College of Art

  education

  education, musical

  accessibility of

  composition

  harmony and counterpoint

  importance of

  instruments

  and recordings

  in schools

  Edward VII, King

  ego

  Elder, Mark

  electronic music

  Elgar, Carice

  Elgar, Edward

  Catholicism

  The Apostles

  The Dream of Gerontius, op. 38

  The Kingdom

  Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1

  Symphony no. 2 in E flat, op. 63

  Violin Concerto in B minor, o
p. 61

  Elgar, William

  Eliot, T. S.

  The Waste Land

  Elizabeth I, Queen

  Elizabeth II, Queen

  Emmaus

  Enescu, George

  English Chamber Orchestra

  Enlightenment

  Erard pianos

  Etude magazine

  Evans, Bill

  examiners

  exoticism

  Eyres, Harry

  Fargue, Léon-Paul

  Fauré, Gabriel

  Fazioli pianos

  Federer, Roger

  Ferroud, Pierre-Octave

  Field, John

  figuration

  Fischer, Annie

  flamenco

  Fleischmann, Ernest

  Focolare movement

  folk music

  forgiveness

  Foster, Lawrence

  Fowke, Philip

  Fox, Matthew

  Whee!, We, Wee

  Francis, Pope

  Francis of Assisi, St

  Franciscan Church, West 31st Street, New York

  Franck, César

  Cello Sonata in A

  Organ Chorale no. 3

  Prélude, Choral et Fugue

  Franco-Prussian War

  Frank, Jonathan

  Friedman, Ignaz

  Frühling, Carl: Clarinet Trio, op. 40

  Gabrilowitsch, Ossip: Mélodie in E minor, op. 8

  Gaisburg, Fred

  gamelan

  Garland, Judy

  Gayford, Martin

  Gehry, Frank

  Genesis, Book of

  German Girls, League of

  Gershwin, George

  Gibbons, Orlando: Lord of Salisbury Pavan

  Gide, André

  Gilels, Emil

  Gitlis, Ivry

  glissandos

  Gobbi, Tito

  Godowsky, Leopold

  Studies on the Chopin Études

  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

  Goodman, Benny

  Goossens, Leon

  Gosnell, Dr Kermit

  Gould, Glenn

  Gradova, Gitta

  Graffman, Gary

  Gramophone magazine

  Grange de Meslay, La

  Gray-Fisk, Clinton

  Greco, El

  Green, Dorothy

  Green, Gordon

  Green, Julien

  Catholicism

  En avant par-dessus les tombes

  The Green Paradise

  Moira

  Green, Father Maurus

  She Died, She Lives

  The Vanishing Root

  Greening, Anne

  Greenwich Village

  Gregorian chant

  Grieg, Edvard

  Cello Sonata in A minor, op. 36

  Lyric Pieces

  Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16

 

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