Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Ives: Three-page Sonata
George Crumb: Processional
Steven Osborne: Improvisation
Nikolai Kapustin: Five Preludes
Petersen: Indiana
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli in D minor for piano Op42

Opening with one of Scott Joplin’s most famous pieces, Maple Leaf Rag, through Gershwin’s jazz, syncopated Three Preludes, his own improvisation and Oscar Peterson’s speedy fingered Indiana into Ravel’s waltzes and Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Steven Osborne performs one of the most eclectic programmes at this year’s Festival.

‘You could have heard a pin drop. Steven Osborne’s power over the hall was absolute’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘There was another improvisation by way of encore ... a remarkable demonstration of both pianism and musicianship at their very best’ (The Guardian)

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Broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Friday 10 September at 1pm.

Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes approximately
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