A trio of Russian Romantic composers showcased by Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

By Alexander Hall, 17 July 2024

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“conjured up impressions of a corps de ballet sweeping majestically across a theatrical stage”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 16 July 2024

Borodin, Petite suite

Borodin, Scherzo in A flat major

Glazunov, Theme and Variations, Op.72

Rubinstein, Piano Sonata no. 4 in A minor, Op.100

Rubinstein, Barcarolle no. 1 in F minor, Op.30

Leslie Howard, Piano

Un Liszt a la española

María Elena Cuenca, 20th May

El eminente pianista Leslie Howard, acompañado de la soprano Laia Falcón, interpretó con gracia e inteligencia un concierto del repertorio de Liszt inspirado en la canción española en la Fundación Juan March.

**111

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

Portraits and pictures from Ibragimova, Gardner and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 1st April

From Three Screaming Popes to Pictures at an Exhibition, a pair of works inspired by paintings frame a violin concerto by Béla Bartók at London's Southbank Centre.

****1

Evgeny Kissin leaves a trail of happy hearts at the Barbican

Christopher Woodley, 31st March

With a spring in his step, Evgeny Kissin returns to Barbican Hall and gives well-wrought accounts of Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

****1

Energy, precision and drama from the Philadelphia Orchestra

Susan Stempleski, 31st March

Marin Alsop is joined by pianist Hayato Sumino as she conducts the Philadelphians in an exhilarating program of works by John Adams, Gershwin and Prokofiev.

****1

Johnston’s Tavener the highlight for the Brighton Philharmonic

Nick Boston, 29th March

Warm Vaughan Williams and energetic Richter and Vivaldi from MacGregor and the BPO strings, with an astonishing performance of Tavener’s The Protecting Veil from Guy Johnston the highlight.

****1

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Alexander Hall

Alexander Hall divides his time between London and Hamburg, where he had a career in academic administration and teaching. He reviews for Bachtrack and Opera Today, and has also reviewed for Classical Source. A connoisseur of the great orchestras of the world, his musical memories stretch back to Karajan/Berlin Phil, Mravinsky/Leningrad Phil, Bernstein/Vienna Phil, and he has seen most of the great conductors from the past, including Böhm, Klemperer, Kubelik, Ormandy and Szell.

A trio of Russian Romantic composers showcased by Leslie Howard at Wigmore Hall