Tremendous Rachmaninov tribute from Steven Osborne at Wigmore Hall

Steven Osborne

By Roy Westbrook, 02 April 2023

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“Osborne’s playing was thrilling”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 1 April 2023

Rachmaninov, Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, Op.28

Rachmaninov, Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in E flat minor, Op.33 no.5

Rachmaninov, Prelude in G major, Op.32 no.5

Rachmaninov, Étude-tableau in C minor, Op.33 no.3

Rachmaninov, Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op.36

Rachmaninov, Vespers, Op.37: Nunc Dimittis (Nyne otpushchayeshi) (trans. Rachmaninov)

Steven Osborne, Piano

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO stir up swelling seas with Scheherazade

Robert Gainer, 4th March

In the CBSO Benevolent Fund concert, the orchestra tells the timeless story, set in Persia, of Scheherazade who, through her storytelling, brings about peace.

****1

Heft and delicacy: Philharmonia makes Lammermuir Festival debut

Simon Thompson, 10th September

Bringing the Philharmonia is the most ambitious thing the Lammermuir Festival has ever done, yet it felt like a natural next step for a festival that's growing in stature.

****1

Gardner and the LPO scale Alpine heights with majestic ease

Nick Boston, 21st February

Majestic Strauss and effortless Grieg from Edward Gardner and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

****1

Exquisite Mozart from Steven Osborne with the Ulster Orchestra

Leighton Jones, 14th February

Championing British musicm the Ulster Orchestra also performs a seldom heard work by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

***11

The stars shine brightly: Morlot conducts Messiaen in Manchester

Leighton Jones, 12th December

In a rare performance of Des Canyons aux étoiles, Ludovic Morlot and Steven Osborne plunge the depths of Utah’s canyons and ascend to celestial plains.

*****

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.

Tremendous tribute from Steven Osborne: Rachmaninov 150 at Wigmore Hall