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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama: Episode 1

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Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Episode 1

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Steven Osborne in Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions fugitives. Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 2.

Steven Osborne (piano) performs at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Prokofiev: Sarcasms; Visions fugitives. Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor.

One of our most pre-eminent British pianists, Steven Osborne in a concert given at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. An all-Russian programme contrasts Prokofiev's impressionistic 'Sarcasms' and 'Visions Fugitives' with the powerful sweep of Rachmaninov's second piano sonata. 

Prokofiev: Sarcasms, Op 14
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op 22
Rachmaninov: Piano sonata no 2 in B flat minor, Op 36

Steven Osborne (piano).

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Programmes featuring concerts given at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

Programmes featuring concerts given at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff

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