Concert for Saxophone and Piano

Event information

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.