Leslie Howard piano; Bobby Chen piano

Day Ticket

All day concert ticket £20 available from the Box Office on +44 (0)20 7935 2141.
(Not part of subscription scheme. Tickets for the Pre-concert Talks to be purchased separately.)

Performers

Leslie Howard

piano

Bobby Chen

piano

Programme

Liszt

• Hungarian Rhapsodies
• Zwei Episoden aus Lenaus Faust S599
• Hungarian Rhapsodies
• Rákóczi-Marsch S608

About this concert

As we approach the actual day of the bicentenary of Liszt’s birth on 22 October 1811, so we reach the climax of Wigmore Hall’s celebration of this multifaceted Romantic master. During his lifetime, Liszt was arguably the most famous musician in the world and yet his fame rested almost as much upon myth and legend as it did upon reality. What is not in doubt is his unrivalled fame as a pianist – if Chopin was envious of Liszt’s pianistic prowess, that about says it all! As a composer himself, Liszt was remarkably selfless in devoting so much of his time to the promotion of works by such friends as Wagner and Berlioz, whose music he frequently conducted at Weimar. Even today his output is but sparsely appreciated and this special Liszt Discovery Day at Wigmore Hall will do much to open our eyes and ears to surprising aspects of this astonishing master-musician.