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3 August 2019 | 7.30pm
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Revered worldwide as the only pianist to have recorded Liszt’s complete oeuvre for solo piano, Leslie Howard joins forces with festival directors Samantha Ward and Maciej Raginia in a rare programme celebrating works for two pianos and six hands by Australian composer Percy Grainger. The evening opens with his fiery English Dance (1924), echoing Rachmaninoff’s virtuosic writing with its rich textures and emotionally charged compositional style. This is followed by the eclectic Jutish Medley (1927/1930), a movement from Grainger’s Danish Folksongs Suite with its ‘elastic scoring’ set for two instruments to full-size orchestra. The tumultuous Warriors (1913 – 1916) interspersed with the lyricism of its slow melodic lines and sudden raptures of true orchestral writing forms the beating heart of the first half of the recital. The concert continues with a series of miniatures by Grainger and Rachmaninoff alongside original transcriptions of Liszt, Delius and Gershwin arranged for six hands by Leslie Howard. The concert comes to a close with Green Bushes (1921) for two pianos, an arrangement of an English and a Scottish folk song dating back to the 1820s. The popularity of the original theme was aided by the success of William Buckstone’s melodrama A Hundred Years Ago (1845), in which the main character sings it on numerous occasions. The brisk melody in F Major soon unravels in all three piano parts in a meandering passacaglia, which slowly draws the listeners into following its every turn.
3 August 2019 | 7.30pm
Ticket type | Adult, Concession |
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