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Martin Kershaw (Saxophone) joins Linlithgow-born international pianist Steven Osborne for an evening of solo piano walzes and jazz items.
Solo piano based around the waltz:
Schumann: Papillions
Boulanger: D'un Jardin Clair
(from Trois Morceaux De Piano)
Liadov: A Musical Snuffbox
Kreisler: (arr Rachmaninov) Liebeslied
Satie: Gymnopedie No.3
Evans: Waltz For Debbie
Evans (trans Osborne): I Loves You Porgy
Rzewski: Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
With Martin Kershaw:
Jazz items including an explanation of how jazz works.
Steven Osborne OBE is one of Britain's most treasured musicians with an immense depth of musicality and exceptional refinement of expression across diverse repertoire. His musical awards include the Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year, two BBC Music Magazine awards and two Gramophone Awards.
Martin Kershaw has been a central figure on the vibrant Scottish jazz scene for some 20 years. He is in constand demand as a performer, composer/arranger and educator.
Steven Osborne
Scottish classical pianist and winner of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year Competition and Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist Of The Year. Concerto performances take Steven Osborne to orchestras all over the world including visits to the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Vienna Symphony, Salzburg Mozarteum, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Danish National Radio, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, RTVE Madrid, Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Symphony and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. '... he not only gave compelling, sometimes melting performances but also spoke feelingly about the music... Beautifully spoken, beautifully played (New York Times) 'Steven Osborne's piano-playing was some of the finest I have heard...' (The Times) 'Steven Osborne brought to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 1 his distinctive brand of musical vitality and spontaneity, a fresh and spritely view on a popular work' (The Scotsman) 'The audience, as one, was agog... Osborne's attack is ferocious and fearless, his tenderness beyond words... This is the best it gets' (The Observer) 'Osborne has absolutely nailed the work... he played it with glittering panache and awesome brilliance' (The Guardian).
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Concert for Saxophone and Piano image © Benjamin Ealovega 2013
Linlithgow Academy Theatre
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Concert for Saxophone and Piano image © Benjamin Ealovega 2013
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on Sat 14 March 2026