Love and Loss

The world premiere of Stephen Hough’s Songs of Love and Loss jointly commissioned by Wigmore Hall, The 92nd Street Y in New York and Tippet Rise in Montana – is surrounded by a celebration of the pianist composer’s previous song cycles, to be performed by tenor Nicky Spence, soprano Ailish Tynan, mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska, baritone James Newby, pianist Alisdair Hogarth and Hough himself.