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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2010: Episode 3: Stephen Osborne

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Episode 3: Stephen Osborne

Edinburgh International Festival 2010

Stephen Osborne

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Stephen Osborne (piano) in Joplin, Gershin, Ives, Kapustin, Peterson and Rachmaninov.

Stephen Osborne in a piano recital at 2010's Edinburgh Festival, featuring music by Oscar Peterson and Scott Joplin, plus variations by Rachmaninov and Osborne's own improvisation.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2010

The virtuoso Scottish pianist, Steven Osborne performs an eclectic recital at the Queens Hall reflecting the theme of diverse cultures separated by vast oceans which pervadeded last year's Festival. The programme journeys through a fiery Oscar Peterson composition, Joplin's famous Maple Leaf Rag, variations by Rachmaninov and Osborne's own improvisation.

Joplin: Maple Leaf Rag 
Gershwin: Three Preludes 
Ives: 3 page Sonata 
Osborne: Improvisation
Kapustin: 24 Preludes in Jazz Style, Nos 3, 7, 18, 23 & 25
Oscar Peterson: Indiana 
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.31.

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Series of recitals given at the 2010 Edinburgh International Festival

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