The Guardian 27th November 1995
Gavin Bryars premiere
GAVIN BRYARS’ cello concerto was commissioned by Philips Classics for Julian Lloyd Webber. The concerto is both elusive and allusive, and demands repeated hearings. It has a contemplative intimacy that requires solitude and a sound system. Bryars produces a long, post-Romantic, one-movement nocturne, redolent of Mahler and Strauss. Lloyd Webber plays with great fervour and remarkable variety of expression.
Tim Ashley
