Leslie Howard piano

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Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

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Programme

Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887)	Petite suite
Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833-1887)	Scherzo in A flat major
Glazunov, Alexander Konstantinovich (1865-1936)	Theme and Variations, Op.72
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)	Piano Sonata no. 4 in A minor, Op.100
Rubinstein, Anton (1829-1894)	Barcarolle no. 1 in F minor, Op.30

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Leslie Howard

Piano

Leslie Howard presents an all-Russian programme this July. Famous for his scholarship and understanding of Liszt, Howard’s love of the Russian composers Glazunov, Borodin and Rubinstein is unsurprising in that they all owe a debt to the Hungarian composer and pianist in one way or another. It was Liszt who took the burgeoning Borodin under his wing and conducted his music whenever he could, and Borodin dedicated his orchestral masterpiece In the Steppes of Central Asia to Liszt; Glazunov visited Liszt in Weimar in 1884 (Liszt arranged for the teenager’s First Symphony to be performed, and the Second Symphony was dedicated to Liszt in gratitude); and although Liszt did not need to help the young Rubinstein in promoting his compositions, the lad had spent much time studying the master’s performance technique and was soon to be celebrated as the greatest pianist after Liszt.

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A trio of Russian Romantic composers showcased by Leslie Howard

Alexander Hall, 17th July

In these three works for piano Borodin, Glazunov and Rubinstein all make use of the bell-like tolling which runs through many Russian Romantic compositions like a leitmotif.

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