Steven Osborne piano

Performers

Steven Osborne

piano

Programme

Ravel

• Sonatine
• Gaspard de la nuit
• Pavane pour un infante défunte
• Minuet on the name of Haydn
• A la manière de… Chabrier
• A la manière de… Borodine
• Sérénade grotesque
• Menuet in C# minor
• Jeux d’eau
• Prélude
• La valse

About this concert

‘If pianos could purr,’ noted the Independent, ‘then the Wigmore’s Steinway would surely have done so, for Steven Osborne stroked it so affectionately, the strings seemed to ring of their own accord.’

The Gramophone Award-winning artist marks the 75th anniversary of Ravel’s death with an evening of keyboard miniatures and masterworks, delightful diversions and picaresque adventures, and music of transcendent beauty.

‘Osborne brings transcendental Lisztian virtuosity and an astonishing palette of sonorities to the fiendish Gaspard pieces’ Sunday Times

This concert is part of both the Ravel 75th Anniversary series.