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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190803T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200731
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SUMMARY:Leslie Howard\, Samantha Ward & Maciej Raginia: Two Pianos & Six Hands
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nPERFORMERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLESLIE HOWARD\nSAMANTHA WARD\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMACIEJ RAGINIA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[mashshare]\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\nPercy Grainger (1882 – 1961)\nEnglish Dance\nFor two pianos\, six hands\n\nJutish Medley\nFor two pianos\, six hands\n\nThe Warriors\nFor two pianos\, six hands\n\n\n\nFranz Liszt (1811 – 1886)/Leslie Howard (1948 – )\nKavallerie-Geschwindmarsch  S.460\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nSergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)\nValse & Romance\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nFranz Liszt (1811 – 1886)/Leslie Howard (1948 – )\nGalop in A minor S.218\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\n\nPercy Grainger (1882 – 1961)\nYe Banks and Braes\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\n\nGeorge Gershwin (1862 – 1934)/Leslie Howard (1948 – )\nOh I Can't Sit Down\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nPercy Grainger (1882 – 1961)\nZanzibar Boat-Song\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nFranz Liszt (1811 – 1886)/Leslie Howard (1948 – )\nUngarischer Sturmmarsch S.119\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nFrederick Delius (1862 – 1934)/Leslie Howard (1948 – )\nLa Calinda\nFor one piano\, six hands\n\nPercy Grainger (1882 – 1961)\nGreen Bushes\nFor two pianos\, six hands\n\n\n\nDuration\nThis concert will last approximately 2 hours\, including an interval.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRevered 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.\n\n\n\nBOOK TICKETS\n\n\n[AIGetTwitterFeeds ai_username='PianoWeekFest' ai_numberoftweets='3' ai_tweet_title='Your Title']
LOCATION:Moreton Hall\, Weston Rhyn | UK\, SY11 3EN\, Weston Rhyn
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