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

Sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Phil Parker, 23rd May

Ensemble 360 and soprano Claire Booth test to the limits the definition of ‘chamber music’ in this richly orchestral closing concert of the 2026 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

****1

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

****1

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****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