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James Ehnes and colleagues launch the 2023 edition of Seattle Chamber Music Society's month-long summer festival on an exhilarating note with trios by Dohnányi, Bartók and Ravel.

Rachmaninov as composer is still on his reputational journey, which proceeds at different rates for different works and genres. 

Edward Gardner and the LPO offer powerful Elgar and luscious Coleridge-Taylor in their “Three Britons” programme at the Royal Festival Hall.

The RSNO and Steven Osborne listen to one another wonderfully and play beautifully, but perhaps the loveliest thing is the sound of an undistanced audience for the first time in two years.

Martyn Brabbins and the Philharmonia contrast Richard Strauss' Viennese festivities with Britten's elegiac Death in Venice

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Douglas Boyd offer colour, energy and sparkle while Steven Osborne demonstrates a sure touch in one of his favourite concertos.

The RLPO and Vasily Petrenko gave a fine concert of lesser-known Stravinsky to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the composer's death, including the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments with Steven Osborne as soloist. 

An evening of Hausmusik as friends gather to celebrate the birthday of one of the UK's finest pianists at Wigmore Hall. 

Steven Osborne and players from Aurora Orchestra take our emotions in opposite directions at Kings Place.

Ludovic Morlot conducts a French and Russian programme in Manchester, with a thrilling performance of Ravel's bimanual piano concerto by Steven Osborne as the highlight of the evening.

Thomas Søndergård and Steven Osborne make a well matched team in music ranging from Mozart to the fin-de-siècle.

Messiaen’s language is a blend of the numinous, the sentimental and the splashy.

The anticipation of an all-French program with Morlot was almost too delicious to contemplate.

James Ehnes and Steven Osborne join forces at the Edinburgh Festival.

Prokofiev juxtaposed with Debussy and Berg in Steven Osborne's latest Wigmore Hall recital. 

Breezy Ravel from Steven Osborne and a clear warning about the dangers of drug-taking from the BBCSSO at Sage Gateshead.

A highlight of Royal Liverpool Philharmonic's season, tackling a piece not attempted by the orchestra for almost 50 years.

James Ehnes, Steven Osborne and Alban Gerhardt captured the lamentations of Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio before they were joined by clarinettist Jean Johnson for Messiaen's quartet at St John’s Smith Square.

Chances to hear Messiaen's epic Turangalîla-Symphonie are few and far between and should be grasped accordingly.

Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra deliver a flawless execution on a night of premières at the Royal Albert Hall.

Sakari Oramo pushes the BBC Symphony Orchestra to breaking point at Symphony Hall

The Northen Chamber Orchestra bring small-scale but energetic accounts of Beethoven, plus Anthony Gilbert's intriguing Another Dream Carousel to the Heritage Centre in Macclesfield.

Steven Osborne consults the audience on the choice of encore following a fine performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 2, part of an all Russian programme which the CBSO played with zealous committment.

The CBSO's inaugural “Spirit Of England” concert featured familiar works by Beethoven, paired with rarities by Butterworth and Walton.  

Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic presented a rarely performed but colourful gem from Ginastera, an effervescent Britten Piano Concerto with Steven Osborne and a rather brisk Schubert symphony.

Spence sounds confident in an evening of Tippett and Britten at Snape, culminating in a spinetingling account of John Donne's Holy Sonnet X. 

Ian Bostridge's exploration of Britten and Tippett song cycles is overshadowed by a fantastic string quartet in a mixed programme at Aldeburgh.

Pianist Steven Osborne explored stillness in music in an intense and beautifully-controlled performance of works by American composers Morton Feldman and George Crumb.

A programme based around aquatic themes visited the choppy waters of Scandinavia and the calmer tides of the Mediterranean before plumbing the shallows of an unfathomable recent work.  

An elegant venue with a fine acoustic and a beautiful Steinway piano, coupled with one of the UK's most gifted pianists active today made for an evening of music making of the highest calibre.

In performing the Vespers in the acoustically wonderful Milton Court, Jeffrey Skidmore took the imaginative decision to interleaving its movements with solo piano works, played by Steven Osborne. It proved inspirational programming.

Pianist Steven Osborne delights a packed Dunbar Parish Church in a recital of Schubert and Rachmaninov. 

While a powerful and exciting experience, Thursday's performance of Messiaen's Turangalîla ultimately proved a somewhat disappointing and distracting performance.

The music of John Foulds and Olivier Messiaen and their shared interest in Hindu philosophy and the music of India created an exciting and life-affirming programme for Prom 38

Sometimes the small details make all the difference. They certainly did in this rendition by the CBSO and Steven Osborne under the baton of Andrew Manze that won you over with an unpretentious and all the more captivating performance.

In this Nordic year, a rediscovery of Wilhelm Stenhammar's First Symphony is a fascinating benchmark. Meanwhile, Steven Osborne completes the Beethoven Piano concerto cycle in a thoughtful performance.

Steven Osborne brought a distinctive personal voice to Mussorgsky's ever-popular Pictures at an Exhibition and concentration, eloquence and delicacy to a selection of Rachmaninov's Études-Tableaux.

Peter Oundjian and the RSNO star in a celebration of orchestration, with guest Steven Osborne. 

Effervescent Haydn, elegant Mozart, enigmatic Greenwood and exhilarating Tchaikovsky from the ACO in Dublin.

Steven Osborne stuns a Lammermuir audience with Messiaen's Messianic contemplations.

Alban Gerhardt's and Steven Osborne's wonderful solo and duo skills unfold across a gritty programme.

A stellar quartet deliver Messiaen's time-stopping depiction of the eternal in Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirk.

Jonathan Nott and the London Symphony Orchestra deliver an energetic, precise and intense performance of Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony. 

Steven Osborne's Mozart with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra captivates whilst Gardner's Elgar does not entirely convince.

A revelatory concert at Wigmore Hall of late works by Michael Tippett, featuring exemplary performances by Steven Osborne, Mark Padmore, Craig Ogden and the Heath Quartet.

What a wonderful season the BBC Symphony Orchestra is having. Adventurous, not fashion-conscious programming, and a crispness in the playing that is quite distinctive and utterly refreshing. And whoever had the idea to feature the works of Michael Tippett, in Britten’s centenary year, needs to be promoted.

Ilan Volkov, a regular guest conductor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, is a passionate advocate form contemporary and modern music. His programmes with his current orchestra, the Iceland Symphony, and his previous one, the BBC Scottish Symphony, often consist entirely of such works.

A feast of Russian chamber music was what was on offer for the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s latest concert. Featuring music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky in a program entitled Russian Visions, the ACO with guest soloists Steven Osborne and David Elton provided an evening of music which was visionary, electrifying and intense in equal measures.

It must be a strange feeling, sitting down to play a short work while surrounded by empty chairs waiting for a big second half symphony. Tonight Steven Osborne and the modest proportions of Mozart’s orchestra were given the task of invigorating the Piano Concerto no. 19 and avoiding an almost inevitable feeling of it being a pre-Mahler apéritif.