Author Archives: Julian Lloyd Webber

Apr 252017

Elgar Romance

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Penguin CD Guide 2001 English Idyll ‘English idyll’ (with ASMF, Neville Marriner): VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Romanza. ELGAR: Romance in D min.. Op. 62; Une idylle, Op. 4/1. Discs: 2 Pieces for cello and chamber orchestra. GRAINGER: Youthful rapture; Brigg Fair (arrangement). DYSON: Fantasy. IRELAND: The holy boy. WALFORD DAVIES: Solemn melody. Holst: Invocation, Op. 19/2. Cyril […]

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Apr 252017

Elgar Cello Concerto

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The Siren 8th October 2012 Swansea Festival, BBC National Orchestra of Wales The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes, began the celebrations with typically Jonesian jagged swathes of complex sentimentality, performing his Eleventh Symphony with exactitude and emotion. A waif-like flute solo played ethereally by Matthew Featherstone offered a moment of […]

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Apr 252017

Dvorak Cello Concerto

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The Times March 6th 2008 Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Wit at Cadogan Hall “…Lloyd-Webber psyched himself up for a wild and woody entry. He ensured that the first movement’s great song was elegantly, lightly breathed, as was his loose-limbed playing in the slow movement, and his admirably fluid accompaniment to the orchestra’s winsome woodwind serenading.” […]

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Apr 252017

Delius Romance

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Classicalsource.com September 24, 2012 Julian Lloyd Webber & John Lenehan at Wigmore Hall – Ireland and Delius Ireland -Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano Delius – Caprice and Elegy, Romance, Sonata for Cello and Piano The anniversaries of two composers and the cellist connecting them were marked in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime […]

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Apr 252017

Delius Cello Sonata

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classicalsource.com – March 2013 Barnes Music Festival – William Lloyd Webber, Delius & John Ireland – Artists include Verter Trio, Julian Lloyd Webber & Min-Jin Kym The Barnes Music Festival prospectus advertised this concert as being “an enchanting programme of f amiliar classics alongside lesser known works including Delius’s Cello Concerto (sic)…”, and it indicated […]

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Apr 252017

Delius Caprice and Elegy

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Classicalsource.com September 24, 2012 Julian Lloyd Webber & John Lenehan at Wigmore Hall – Ireland and Delius Ireland -Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano Delius – Caprice and Elegy, Romance, Sonata for Cello and Piano The anniversaries of two composers and the cellist connecting them were marked in this BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime […]

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Apr 252017

Delius Cello Concerto

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The Oxford Times 20th June 2012 Philharmonia Orchestra: Sheldonian Theatre 15th June 2012 Delius Cello Concerto Jubilee weekend may be over, but the festive spirit is still very much alive and kicking — as the Philharmonia Orchestra made clear in Friday’s concert at the Sheldonian, which brought the current Music at Oxford season to a […]

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Apr 252017

Debussy Cello Sonata

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Turkish Daily News 27th June 2007 Classic brilliance resonates in ancient walls Music gently whines through the corridors of the ancient Byzantine structure Hagia Eirini, at the concert, Festival Meetings II, performed by an acclaimed cellist, cello quartet and pianist As four cellists raise their bows in the air and strike the cellos strings with […]

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Apr 252017

Peter Maxwell Davies

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The Scotsman 16th April 2009 Edinburgh Youth Orchestra **** St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral By SUSAN NICKALLS THE last of the Edinburgh Youth Orchestra’s Spring concerts drew a capacity audience to hear a varied and ambitious programme which highlighted the considerable abilities of these young musicians. Close to 100 players delivered a powerful and well-paced performance […]

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Apr 252017

Bryars Cello Concerto

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Gramophone Good CD Guide Cello Concerto “FAREWELL TO PHILOSOPSHY”. ONE LAST BAR, THEN JOE CAN SING. BY THE VAAR Julian Lloyd Webber vc, Charlie Haden db, Nexus (Bob Becket Bill Cahn, Robin Engelman, Russell Hartenberget John Wyre perc)English Chamber Orchestra / James Judd Point Music 454 126 2PTH (75 minutes: DDD) Recorded 1995 Rather like […]

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