About the performance
This trio of superb solo instrumentalists pays homage to Ravel with performances of three of his greatest works. Miroirs for solo piano comprises five sections, each dedicated to a member of the French impressionist group Les Apaches (literally the hooligans). His Sonata for Violin and Cello was dedicated to Debussy. The Piano Trio is a technical masterpiece, requiring extreme virtuosity from each performer, with the second movement, Pantoum, inspired by the Malayan poetry of the same name.
Antje Weithaas: ‘astounds with her clear, elastic, and unbelievably recise style of playing, which has a splendiferous beauty that shines' Ruhr Nachrichten Bochum
Tanja Tetzlaff: ‘beguiling... refined and finely tuned' The Arts Desk
‘I thought the roof would come off yesterday at the eruption of applause from the capacity audience after the first half of Steven Osborne's recital... What a concert... A tour de force.' The Herald, Festival 2010
This concert will be broadcast on 7 September 2011 as BBC Radio 3's Lunchtime Concert.
Edinburgh International Festival Benefactors