Author Archives: Julian Lloyd Webber

Apr 182017

Bliss Cello Concerto

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Musical Times December 1972 Bliss Cello Concerto (first London performance) Bliss Cello Concerto I missed the work of the third Icelandic composer, Atli Heimir Sveinsson’s Together with you, being tempted to slip into the Elizabeth Hall next door for the first London performance of Bliss’s Cello Concerto, written for Rostropovich, first heard at Aldeburgh two […]

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Apr 182017

Beethoven Sonata Reviews

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The Guardian 15th December 1987 Edward Greenfield on Malcolm Arnold’s cello premiere ‘Love notes’ MALCOLM ARNOLD, colourful and prolific among British composers, has been losing out on both those qualities in recent years. But here, in the Fantasy for solo cello he has written for Julian Lloyd Webber he has bounced back with a work […]

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Apr 182017

Bantock Sapphic Poem

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Gramophone Good CD Guide 1999 Sappho’s songs and Sapphic Poem Bantock Sappho. Sapphic Poem. Susan Bickley (mez); Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley. Hyperion CDA66899 (75 minutes:DDD). Text included. Recorded 1997. Gramophone Editor’s Choice. Sappho was the fourth in a series of exotic song-cycles with piano accompaniment Bantock composed from 1898 […]

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Apr 182017

Bach Air on a G String

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Julian Lloyd Webber and the EU Chamber Orchestra at St George’s, Bristol 20th April 2012 The European Union is not something one would normally expect to be associated with music, but their chamber orchestra is exceptional. Formed in 1981, they now have a worldwide reputation as musical ambassadors. Opening an evening of style and grace […]

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Apr 182017

Bach

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Turkish Daily News 27th June 2007 Classic brilliance resonates in ancient walls – Istanbul Concert Review Music gently winds 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 […]

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Apr 182017

Malcolm Arnold

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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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