Sunday 13th of November, Albert-Lempp-Saal der Kreuzkirche

Our Will to live – Music at the edge of existence 1933-1945

In honour of Max Mannheimer

Michael Leslie plays:

Gideon Klein – Sonata (1943)

Sunday, the 4th of December: 76th ELEVEN-ELEVEN Matinee in Olching

Programme: Franz Schubert

Impromptu in A flat Major D 899/4

Impromptu in f Minor D 835/1

Sonata in A Major D959

Eleven-eleven Matinee
KOM-Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach
Hauptstraße 68, 82140 Olching

www.11-11-musik.de

Michael Leslie
15th Autumn Music in Plön

Charity concert series for the benefit of the Katrin-Rohde-Stiftung
www.katrin-rohde-stiftung.de

Lecture recital

Programme:

Beethoven: Sonata in G Majoropus 79

Beethoven: Sonata in f Minor opus 57 (Appassionata)

Interval

Beethoven: Variations over the Scottish Folk Song
“O Mary, at thy window be” opus 107/8

Beethoven: Variations over a Russian Folk Song Opus 107/3

Beethoven: Sonata in c Minor opus 111

Prinzenhaus
Schlossgebiet 10
24306 Plön

Michael Leslie
Sunday, the 17th of July:
76th ELEVEN-ELEVEN Matinee in Olching

Programme: Ludwig van Beethoven

5 Variations over the Scottisch folksong

“O Mary at thy Window be” opus 107/8

Sonata in G Major opus 79

Sonata in f Minor opus 57 (Appassionata)

The first two works are optimistic, communicative, mischievous little jewels, and are scarcely known. This is not true of the Appassionata, which Beethoven regarded as his greatest piano work up until the Hammerklavier Sonata.

Eleven-eleven Matinee
KOM-Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach
Hauptstraße 68, 82140 Olching

www.11-11-musik.de

Michael Leslie
Friday, the 6th of May
"My angel, my all, my very self". Beethoven and the fair sex

Lecture recital Michael Leslie

Variations on

“O Mary, at thy window be” opus 107/8

Variations on

„Lied aus Kleinrussland“ opus 107/3

Variations on

„A Madl, ja a Madl“ opus 107/5
Sonata No. 30 in E Major opus 109
Sonata No. 32 in c Minor opus 111

Sunday, the 8th of May: 74th ELEVEN-ELEVEN Matinee in Olching

Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in E flat Major opus 81a
(Les Adieux)

Beethoven: Variations on
“Paddy whack the Drumstick” opus 105/6

Beethoven: Variations on
„Lied aus Kleinrussland“ opus 107/3

Beethoven: Sonata No. 30 in E Major opus 109

Saturday, the 21th of May: : Piano Night in celebration of Franz Liszt's 200th Birthday

Kunstforum Gilching e.V.

Approx. 8.45 p.m.

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations opus 120

Michael Leslie
Friday, the 8th of April 7:30 pm
Galerie am schwarzen meer, Bremen

Piano recital by Michael Leslie

Haydn – Beethoven – Chopin:

Institut francais Bremen,

Contrescarpe 19, 28203 Bremen

Fee: 20 € (14 €) +49 (0)421 445499

Sunday the 10th of April 2011, 6:00 pm

Musical accompaniment to Ulla von Gemmingen’s vernissage in the “Galerie am schwarzen meer”. Titel of the vernissage: “Topography of the Instant in time. Lithography and Co.” Exhibited works created between 2009 and 2011.

Kulturhof Peterswerder e.V. Galerie am schwarzen meer

Am Schwarzen Meer 119, 28205 Bremen

Michael Leslie
Wednesday, the 6th of April 2011
Music Fair in Frankfurt

Michael Leslie takes his listeners on a brief journey through the classical and romantic eras, thereby demonstrating the incredible variety, workmanship and range of sonorities characteristic of pianos from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

12:00 midday to 12:20 pm

Chopin: Prélude in c sharp Minor opus 45
Berceuse opus 57
Ballade No. 4 in f Minor opus 52

3:00 – 3:20 pm

Beethoven: Sonata in E-Major opus 109

5:00 – 5:20 pm

Chopin: 3 Mazurkas opus 63
Mazurka in f Minor opus 68/4
Tarantella opus 43

Messe Frankfurt GmbH, Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main

www.musikmesse-events.com/aussteller_events

www.rothe-piano.com

Michael Leslie
Sunday, the 27th of February 2011, 5.00 pm
piano fies Konzerte im Lebensraum Kunst, Hohenbrunn

Piano Recital: Michael Leslie

Haydn: Sonata in C Mayor
Hob. Verz. XVI/50

Beethoven: Sonata in c Minor opus 10/1

Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy opus 61

Beethoven: Sonata in c Minor opus 111

Booking: www.piano-fies.de/html/reservierung.html

Organisors: Gemeinschaftsprojekt von Robert und Sabine Fies, pianofies Elisabeth Schmuck, Lebensraum Kunst Hohenbrunn

Address: Lebensraum Kunst, Dorfstraße 4, 85662 Hohenbrunn

Phone: 08102 773706, Fax: 08102 773705

Allerheiligen Hofkirche
Wednesday the 2nd of February 2011, 7:30 pm

Michael Leslie Piano Recital

Late Works: Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven

Allerheiligen Hofkirche – Residenz Munich

Programme:

Haydn: Sonata D Major Hob Verz: XVI / 51

Schubert: Sonata B Major D 960

Beethoven: Diabelli variations opus 120

Residenzstr. 1, 80333 München

+49 (0)89 29067-1

U-Bahn: Odeonsplatz

Tidaholm
August 2010

Michael Leslie

Tidaholm, Sweden

Schubert: Sonata B Flat Major D960

At the 6Th international lithographic symposium in Tidaholm, Schweden which takes place every four years, Michael Leslie performed the Schubert Sonata B Flat Major D960.

Leslie
Sunday 4th July 2010, 11:11 hr
63. Eleven-Eleven Matinee

Michael Leslie, Piano

Beethoven: Sonatas op 10/1 & op.111

A comparison of these two C Minor sonatas - an early and a late work - give an idea of the enormous distance Beethoven traveled – both musically and intellectually – in the course of twenty-five years. The outer movements of opus 10/1 with their terse and disruptive energy show Beethoven in that combative frame of mind familiar through several works in C Minor – the Pathétique Sonata opus 13, the C minor Violin Sonata opus 30/2 and the 5th Symphony opus 67. The hymnic beauty of the slow movement brings relief but not resolution of conflict. The opus 111, however, the final, crowning keystone of the edifice of the thirty-two piano sonatas, reaches out in the slow movement to an ineffable synthesis of opposites, the work speaks of struggle and reconciliation, or in the words of Hans von Bülow, of Samsara and Nirvana.

The Eleven-eleven Matinee Concert Series
KOM-Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach
Hauptstraße 68, 82140 Olching

www.11-11-musik.de

Leslie Schopper
Sunday 6th June 2010, 11:11 hr
61. Eleven-Eleven Matinee

Michael Schopper, Bariton
Michael Leslie, Piano

Schubert: Swansong

The Eleven-eleven Matinee Concert Series
KOM-Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach
Hauptstraße 68, 82140 Olching

www.11-11-musik.de

KOM
Sunday, 31th January 2010, 11:11 hr
56. Eleven-Eleven Matinee

Michael Leslie, Piano

Schubert:

The great B Flat Major Sonata (1828) D960

Molto Moderato

Andante Sostenuto

Scherzo: Allegro vivace con Delicateza

Allegro ma non troppo

“Speaking of Schubert: I know of no other work which at first appears so simple, enjoyable and playable, and which on closer acquaintance turns out to be so fiendishly difficult, or in which the process of musical analysis leads to such unexpected results.” (Michael Leslie)

The Eleven-eleven Matinee Concert Series
KOM-Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach
Hauptstraße 68, 82140 Olching

www.11-11-musik.de

Allerheiligen Hofkirche
2nd Guttenberg Castle Concert 9th May 2010
19:00 hr

Michael Schopper, Bariton
Michael Leslie, Piano

A “Schwanengesang” by Schubert to set one’s hair on end

The bass-baritone Michael Schopper and the Australian pianist Michael Leslie took up the challenge of this grandiose and far reaching collection of Schubert songs for the 2nd Guttenberg Castle Concert. Michael Leslie’s playing, which is subtle and full of nuances (a difficult feat to pull off on the 1855 Schiedmeyer piano at Guttenberg) provided a perfect foil to the rich and powerful baritone of Michael Schopper.

Burg Guttenberg D - 74855 Haßmersheim - Neckarmühlbach

www.burg-guttenberg.de

Allerheiligen Hofkirche
Belgrade Serbia October 14-18th 2009
Evolution and the Future International Converence

Michael Leslie, Piano

Beethoven: The Hammerklavier Sonata

At this conference the complete range of fundamental philosophical themes raised by Darwin’s theory of evolution was discussed. This included the philosophical potential of Darwinism, the limits of biology, the effects of Darwin’s work on ethics and epistemology, and the philosophical legacy of Darwin’s thought, theory of evolution and religion. Under the heading: “DNA and the Evolution” of Motifs in Beethoven’s greatest piano work ‘The Hammerklavier Sonata’ was given by the Australian pianist Michael Leslie.

Albert-Lempp-Saal
der Kreuzkirche

Hiltenspergerstraße 55-57 D-80796 München

Pianistenclub e.V. www.pianistenclub.de

Eleven-Eleven
im KOM

(Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach), Hauptstraße 68,
82140 Olching
www.11-11-musik.de

Autumn Music in Plön Kreismusikschule Plön
www.kms-ploen.de

Schulleiter:
Franz-Michael Deimling
Schlossgebiet 10
Prinzenhaus
24306 Plön
Tel.: 04522 / 747 820,
eMail: info@kms-ploen.de

Eleven-Eleven
im KOM

(Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach), Hauptstraße 68,
82140 Olching
www.11-11-musik.de

Münchner Volkshochschule & Evangelische Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling

Kidlerstr. 15, 81371 München
(U3/U6 Implerstraße)
www.mvhs.de
Kurs ES 2031 E • Sendling

Eleven-Eleven
im KOM

(Kulturwerkstatt am Olchinger Mühlbach), Hauptstraße 68,
82140 Olching
www.11-11-musik.de

Kunstforum Gilching e.V.

Aula des Christoph-Probst-Gymnasiums
Talhofststraße 7
82205 Gilching www.kunstforum-gilching.de

Kulturhof
Peterswerder e.V.
Galerie
am schwarzen meer

Am Schwarzen Meer 119, 28205 Bremen

Frankfurt Music Fair

Piano Rothe

Stage Programm at the international Music Fair in Frankfurt. Hear the astounding sonorities of rare historical concert grand pianos at Booth C 26
in Hall 5.

piano fies Konzert, Lebensraum Kunst

Some writers believe Haydn’s late C Major Sonata Hob. Verz. XVI 50 to be his greatest and most original piano work.

The early Beethoven sonata opus 10/1 and the sublime final sonata opus 111 have more in common than the tonality of c Minor.

The Chopin Polonaise-Fantasy opus 61 shows the composer on the brink of a new tonal language and a freer, more flexible form of composition.

Allerheiligen-Hofkirche, Residenz, Munich Michael Leslie:
Piano Recital

Late Works: Haydn, Schubert, Beethoven

Final piano works by three great composers:

A radiant minature of sparkling wit and brevity – the Haydn D Major Sonata. Serenity and reconciliation in the face of death – the great Schubert B Flat Major Sonata. A pilgrimage, a multifacetted compendium of life’s experiences – the Beethoven Diabelli Variations.

Enthusiastic listeners Emails and
Guestbook entries

…this was one of the finest piano concerts I can remember.

Thank you so much for this musical feast!

I hope that you are enjoying bathing in this good feeling of completion after many months of preparation, in fact a life time of dedication to the piano and music.

The Eleven-eleven Matinee Concert Series

was inspired by and named after the highly successful Eleven-eleven matinee concerts held in London and Tel Aviv during the nineteen seventies, the brain child of the world-famous conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein. The artistic director of the Olching concert series, Michael Schopper, himself took part himself in several of Leonard Bernstein’s matinees in Tel Aviv, and hereby perpetuates the tradition. Michael Leslie appears regularly in these matinees.