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Leslie Howard In Recital
September 29, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
$32 – $49
Monash Academy of Performing Arts presents
Leslie Howard In Recital
Tuesday 29 September @ 7.30pm
Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University, Clayton Campus
“Howard is, by general consensus, the finest living exponent of Liszt. (He has) a formidable intellectual grasp of the music, (and) his vastly superior performances continue to carry the day“. BBC Music Magazine
Internationally acclaimed Australian born pianist, Leslie Howard returns home to celebrate 50 years of Making Music at Monash this September. The musicality of this distinguished Monash University alumnus will be illuminated in Leslie Howard in Recital.
Leslie Howard was one of the first graduates of Monash University’s Sir Zelman School of Music and has crafted a career that has seen him perform with the world finest orchestras and renowned conductors, Claudio Abbado, James Judd, Hiroyuki Iwaki and Sir Charles Mackerras.
From London, where he has based himself for over 40 years, Leslie Howard has forged an outstanding reputation as a soloist, composer and writer. He has performed across five continents including many international music festivals as a featured artist and his performances of chamber music and lieder include collaborations with some of the greatest artists of our time such as Benny Goodman, Steven Isserlis, Yvonne Kenny and Dame Felicity Lott.
Leslie Howard is also considered to be one of the world’s expert authorities on the works of Franz Liszt having accomplished a feat unequalled by any solo artist in recording history – a 97-CD survey (for Hyperion) of the complete piano music of Franz Liszt.
For his recital at Monash University, Howard performs rare gems of the Romantic piano repertoire including works by Liszt and the sonatas of Sibelius and Glazunov.
Leslie Howard is amongst the 200 musicians including leading international players, Australian icons, acclaimed alumni, staff and students who will be making music at Monash and across Melbourne from 23 August to 7 October in a program of more than 30 concerts, including 18 free performances, in celebration of the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music’s 50th anniversary.
PROGRAM
Sibelius Piano Sonata in F major, Op.12
Glazunov Piano Sonata No.2 in E minor, Op.75
Liszt Quatre valses oubliées, S215
Liszt Petite Valse ‘Nachspiel zu den drei vergessenen Walzer’, S695e
Liszt Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l’opéra Les Huguenots (Réminiscences des Huguenots), S412iii
Leslie Howard piano