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Leslie Howard's solo repertoire includes the complete works of Liszt and Beethoven and most of the major Russian
Romantic literature. Some idea of his range and depth may be seen in a selection of his recent recital programmes 1: "A MUSICAL FRIENDSHIP" CHOPIN Three Mazurkas, opus 59 LISZT Mazurka brillante, S221 CHOPIN Ballade no. 3 in A flat major, opus 47 LISZT Ballade no. 1 in D flat major - Le chant du croisé, S170 LISZT Ballade no. 2 in B minor, S171 CHOPIN/LISZT Six Polish Songs, opus 74, S480 CHOPIN Two Polonaises, opus 26 LISZT Two Polonaises, S223 2. "NEW LIGHT ON OLD MASTERS" MOZART Variations on a theme of Gluck "Unser dummer Pöbel meint", KV455 BEETHOVEN Sonata quasi una fantasia in E flat major, opus 27 no. 1 SIBELIUS Sonata in F major, opus 12 LISZT Sarabande and Chaconne [on themes from Handel's "Almira"], S181 LISZT Légendes: St. François d'Assise - La prédication aux oiseaux; St. François de Paule marchant sur les flots, S175 LISZT Variations on a motif by Bach "Weinen, Klagen", S180 3. "GOD, MEPHISTO, AND THE HUMAN STRUGGLE" BEETHOVEN Sonata opus 106 LISZT Les Préludes, S511a LISZT Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust: Der nächtliche Zug, S513a; Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke [Mephisto Waltz no. 1], S515 4. "THE ART AND MORALITY OF PLAYING BACH ON THE PIANOFORTE" BACH/LISZT Prelude and Fugue in A minor BACH/BUSONI Ten Choral Preludes BACH/D'ALBERT Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BACH/BARTOK Sonata [Trio] no. 6 in G major BACH/GRAINGER Blithe Bells [from Cantata no. 208] BACH/BRAHMS Chaconne for the left hand BACH/RAKHMANINOV Preludio, Gavotte & Gigue BACH/TAUSIG/BUSONI/GRAINGER Toccata and Fugue in D minor 5. "LISZT AT THE OPERA" Ouverture Der Freischütz [Weber] Aïda - Danza sacra e duetto finale [Verdi] Polonaise aus Jewgeny Onegin [Tchaikovsky] Réminiscences de Don Juan [Mozart] Sarabande und Chaconne aus Almira [Handel] Réminiscences de Lucia di Lammermoor [Donizetti] Isoldens Liebestod - Schlußszene aus Tristan und Isolde [Wagner] Réminiscences de Norma [Bellini] 6. "LISZT AT THE OPERA - ENCORE Phantasiestück über Motive aus Rienzi [Wagner] Les Adieux - Rêverie sur un motif de Roméo et Juliette [Gounod] Tscherkessenmarsch aus Russlan und Ludmilla [Glinka] Bénédiction et Serment - Deux motifs de Benvenuto Cellini [Berlioz] Valse de concert sur deux motifs de Lucia [di Lammermoor] et Parisina [Donizetti] Festspiel und Brautlied aus Lohengrin [Wagner] Rigoletto - Paraphrase de concert [Verdi] Réminiscences de Robert le Diable [Meyerbeer]: Cavatine et Valse infernale 7. "POLES APART BUT COMRADES IN ARMS" HAYDN Sonata no. 39 in D major, Hob. XVI/24; Sonata no. 38 in F major, Hob. XVI/23; Sonata no. 54 in G major, Hob. XVI/40; Sonata no. 50 in D major, Hob. XVI/37 RAKHMANINOV Études-Tableaux opp. 33/7; 39/2, 5 & 6; Preludes opus 23/6, 4 & 2; Élégie opus 3/1; Lilacs opus 21/5; Nocturne opus 10/1; Preludes opus 32/5, 10 & 12; Daisies opus 38/3; Moment musical opus 16/3; Polka de W. R. 8. "THE RUSSIAN ROMANTICS - FOUR OF THE BEST" BALAKIREV Scherzo no. 2 in B flat minor RUBINSTEIN Sonata no. 4 in A minor, opus 100 BORODIN Petite Suite and Scherzo GLAZUNOV Sonata no. 1 in B flat minor, opus 74 9. "THE EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF THE HUNGARIAN MASTER" LISZT Goethe-Festmarsch [2nd version], S521 LISZT Litanies de Marie [2nd version], S172a/4 LISZT Aus der Musik von Eduard Lassen zu Hebbels Nibelungen und Goethes Faust, S496: I - Nibelungen [Hagen und Kriemhild; Bechlarn]; II - Faust [Osterhymne; Hoffest: Marsch und Polonaise] LISZT Scherzo und Marsch, S177 LISZT Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H, S529 LISZT Valse oubliée no. 3, S215/3 LISZT Petite valse [Nachspiel zu den drei vergessenen Walzer], S695d LISZT Zwei Stücke aus der heiligen Elisabeth, S693a: Das Rosenmirakel; Der Sturm LISZT Valse de l'opéra Faust de Gounod - Paraphrase de concert, S407 10. "VARIATIONS UPON VARIATION" MOZART Acht Variationen über "Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding", KV613 BEETHOVEN Sonatina in G major, opus 79 BEETHOVEN Sonata in E major, opus 109 SCHUMANN Études symphoniques, opus 13 [complete] LISZT Fantasie über Themen aus Mozarts Figaro und Don Giovanni, S697 11. "MENTORS/ICONS - STUDENTS/DISCIPLES" MENDELSSOHN Five Variations on an original theme in B flat major, opus 83 GADE Sonata in E minor, opus 28 [dedicated to Liszt] GRIEG Four Lyric Pieces, opus 54 nos. 1, 2, 4 & 3 [Lyric Suite]: Gjætergut [Shepherd boy]; Gangar [Norwegian March]; Notturno; Troldtog [March of the dwarves] RUBINSTEIN/LISZT Zwei Lieder, S554: O! wenn es doch immer so bliebe; Der Asra PROKOFIEV Sonata no. 8 in B flat major, opus 84 12. "AN UNEXPECTED LINE OF SUCCESSION" BEETHOVEN Fantasia in G minor/B major, opus 77 BEETHOVEN Seven Bagatelles, opus 33 BEETHOVEN 32 Variations on an original theme in C minor, WoO 80 BEETHOVEN/ALKAN Cavatine du 13e Quatuor [opus 130] ALKAN Symphonie pour piano seul from Douze Études dans les tons mineurs, opus 39 13. "LA GRANDE SONATE RUSSE - TWO VISIONS" TCHAIKOVSKY Grande Sonate [no. 3],in G major, opus 37 RAKHMANINOV Sonata no. 1 in D minor, opus 28 TCHAIKOVSKY Sonata [no. 1] in F minor [1863/4] completed by LH RAKHMANINOV Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, opus 36 [original version] |