Schumann, Robert: Arabesque in C major Op.18
Debussy, Claude: Four movements from Children’s Corner Suite – The Snow is Dancing / Jimbo’s Lullaby / Serenade for the Doll / The Little Shepherd
Debussy, Claude: Two Arabesques
Schumann, Robert: Kinderszenen Op.15
Interval
Bauer, Marion: From the New Hampshire Woods op.12 no.1 White Birches
Monk, Meredith: Railroad (Travel Song)
Rzewski, Frederic: “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” from Four North American Ballads for Piano
Osborne, Steven: Improvisation
Jarrett, Keith (trans. Osborne): My Song
Evans, Bill (trans. Osborne): I Loves You Porgy
Peterson, Oscar (trans. Osborne): Indiana
One of the country’s most treasured musicians (Royal Philharmonic Society ‘Instrumentalist of the Year’, two BBC Music Magazine and two Gramophone Awards) offers a typically fascinating programme revealing the breadth of his musical interests.
The second half, built on his admiration for jazz, includes: Meredith Monk ’Railroad’; Frederic Rzewski’s great protest piece ‘Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues’; Keith Jarrett [trans. Osborne]: ‘My Song’; Oscar Peterson [trans. Osborne]; ‘Indiana’“…the sort of musical intelligence and reflective grace he brings to an astonishing range of repertoire.” The Herald
With thanks to the generous event sponsorship of
Stephen and Catherine Nelson