The Music of Silence: Steven Osborne at Milton Court

Von Frances Wilson, 01 Juni 2016

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“Pauses and silences provide “punctuation marks” and create ebb and flow, just as in speech”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall, London, am 31 Mai 2016

Feldman, Intermission 5

Crumb, Processional

Feldman, Extensions 3

Crumb, A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979

Feldman, Palais de mari

Steven Osborne, Klavier

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**111

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****1

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****1

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****1

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***11

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*****

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Frances Wilson

A keen concert-goer, Frances is a pianist, piano teacher and blogger on pianism, music and culture.