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15 June 2024

Gerhardt and Osborne honour Britten and

Rostropovich with sublime Aldeburgh recital

By Christopher Woodley, 15 June 2024

One of the celebratory streams to mark the 75th anniversary of the Aldeburgh Festival
remembers iconic events that have shaped the legacy of significant contributors. I was
fortunate to witness a superb cello and piano recital given by Alban Gerhardt and Steven
Osborne which reprised the 1961 programme performed by Benjamin Britten and Mstislav
Rostropovich. No doubt there were some members of the audience at Snape who were
present at the original recital, and it would be intriguing to know how they would compare
the performances of the individual pieces, and the overall impact of the programme. For the
rest of us, Gerhardt and Osborne were simply brilliant; they are masters of the sublime.

Steven Osborne and Alban Gerhardt © Angus Cooke