Poster Steven Osborne
Steven Osborne
Ben Ealovega
Performance Today®

Steven Osborne

Pianist Steven Osborne practices, of course. But he also believes in sometimes getting away from music, in order to broaden his life and avoid impoverishing his musical voice. On Monday's Performance today, we'll hear Osborne give a live performance of several etudes by Rachmaninoff.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ghazaros Saryan: Passacaglia
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Sergey Smbatyan, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland

Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E-Flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Kevin Rivard, horn
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA

Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: The White Dove, Op. 6
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY

Hour 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 1 in F minor; No. 3 in C minor; No. 7 in G minor; No. 8 in C# minor
Steven Osborne, piano
Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA

Jean-Phillippe Rameau: Suite from Les Indes galantes
Aspen Music Festival Student Ensemble; Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall, Aspen CO

Brad Richter: Fragments Transcending: 1. Facing East; 2. Circles
Brad Richter, guitar; Viktor Uzur, cello
UA Presents, Club Congress, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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