Author Archives: Julian Lloyd Webber

Apr 252017

Bruch Kol Nidrei

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Penguin Guide to CDs Yearbook 2000/1 Cello Moods Review Bruch ‘Kol Nidrei’ ‘Cello moods’(with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd): FRANCK: Panis angelicus. ELGAR: Chanson de matin; Salut d’amour. Julian LLOYD WEBBER: Jackie’s song. DEBUSSY: Reverie. BACH: Suite No 3: Air. MASSENET: Thals: Meditation. CACCINI: Ave Maria. B0RODIN: Nocturne. GLAZUNOV: Mélodie, Op. 20/1. CHOPIN: Nocturne, Op. […]

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Apr 252017

Britten Third Suite for Cello

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Fanfare June 1997 BRITISH CELLO MUSIC, Volume I & II Julian Lloyd Webber’s performances of British music always carry the imprimatur of authority. and transmit a palpable sense of conviction that never fails to win new devotees to this area of the cello literature. I am especially happy, then, to welcome these splendid offerings back […]

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Apr 252017

Britten Second Suite for Cello

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The Daily Telegraph 24th November 1975 Vivid reactions to Britten cello works In the Cello Sonata, where he was joined by Yitkin Seow at the piano, his tone was robust and well varied, though always tending to darker hues. Both artists were best amid the slightly outlandish excitements of the “Moto Perpetuo”. Britten’s compositional virtuosity […]

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Apr 252017

Britten First Suite for Cello

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The Daily Telegraph 24th November 1975 Vivid reactions to Britten cello works In the Cello Sonata, where he was joined by Yitkin Seow at the piano, his tone was robust and well varied, though always tending to darker hues. Both artists were best amid the slightly outlandish excitements of the “Moto Perpetuo”. Britten’s compositional virtuosity […]

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Apr 252017

Britten Cello Sonata

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The Independent 19th December 1994 Britten Sonata in C,op 65 There were no frills on offer for Julian Lloyd Webber on Thursday at the Wigmore Hall. No record signings or glossy promo packs. Just an evening of simple, honest music-making, like he always said it should be. Said it on this page, in fact, over […]

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Apr 252017

Britten Cello Symphony Reviews

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The Scotsman 8th November 2000 Britten Cello Symphony BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra City Hall, Glasgow THIS programme, last Saturday, contained a triptych of musical landscapes. Northern latitudes were wonderfully evoked in Sibelius’s Tapiola, which was vibrant and entirely unpastoral. We heard boundless expanses of forest and lake, with snow disturbed by capricious winds blown up […]

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Apr 252017

Bridge Scherzetto

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www.classicsource.com April 2012 National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain at Cadogan Hall with Julian Lloyd Webber There are several advantages for the audience attending a youth orchestra concert: in the first place, the musicians are all pleased to be there, and are keen to do their best; secondly, rather more rehearsal time than is usually […]

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Apr 252017

Bridge Elegy

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Penguin Guide to CDs 2000/1 British Cello Music Vol.2 ‘British cello music’, Vol. 2 (with John McCabe, piano): STANFORD: Sonata No. 2, op. 39. BRIDGE: Elegy; Scherzetto. IRELAND: Sonata in G min. The Stanford Second Cello sonata (1893 — written between the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies) is revealed here as an inspired work whose opening […]

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Apr 252017

Bridge Oration

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Music Web CD Review Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976) Cello Symphony op. 68 (1963) [37:37] Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941) Oration – Concerto Elegiaco for cello and orchestra (1930) [30:41] Steven Isserlis (cello) City London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox rec. Studio 1, Abbey Road, London, 12, 14 March 1987. DDD EMI CLASSICS BRITISH COMPOSERS 5059162 [68:18] There are plenty of links […]

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Apr 252017

Brahms Trio in A Minor

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Seen and Heard International October 2012 Three Musicians Display Empathy for John Ireland’s Music John Ireland – Cello Sonata in G minor; Fantasy Sonata for clarinet and piano Brahms – Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, Op 114 Octogenarian, Jeanie Moore MVO, despite her diminutive stature, punches considerably above her weight when […]

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