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Apr 252017

Ireland Cello Sonata

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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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Apr 252017

d’Indy Lied for cello and orchestra

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The Daily Telegraph 22nd March 1991 CLASSICAL Saint-Saens:Cello Concerto; Allegro appassionato. Honegger Cello Concerto. Faure:Elegie. D’indy: Lied. Honegger Julian Lloyd Webber/ English Chamber Orchestra. Yan Pascal Tortelier (Philips 432084-2) Julian Lloyd Webber’s bold start to Saint-Saens’s A minor Cello Concerto similarly finds the essence of urgency in the music right away, going on to develop […]

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Apr 252017

Honegger Cello Concerto

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LE DEVOIR 2Oth May 1992 Honegger Cello Concerto Joindre l’utile à l’agréable Concerto pour violoncelle op.66; Chostakovitch, Le ruisseau limpide: Tchaikovski, Variations sur un thème rococo op.33 (version originale), Nocturne en ré mineur Philips English Chamber Orchestra. Dir. Yan-Pascal Tortelier ; Saint-Saens,Concerto pour violoncelle op.33, Allegro appassionato op,43; Fauré,Elégie op.24; D’Indy, Lied op.19; Honegger, Concerto […]

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Apr 252017

Holst Invocation

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Music Web International 2nd November 2008 Holst ‘Invocation’ review Holst, Coles, Butterworth: Salomon Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins, Cheltenham Town Hall. 2.11.2008 (RJ) “The most overwhelming event of my life.” This was how Gustav Holst described a Festival of his music organised by his home town of Cheltenham back in 1927. If he were to […]

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Apr 252017

Herbert Cello Concerto No.2

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The Los Angeles Daily News March 13th 1987 Sullivan’s only concerto a classic SULLIVAN: CELLO CONCERTO IN D HERBERT: CELLO CONCERTO NO. 2 ELGAR: ROMANCE Julian Lloyd Webber, Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra. Our rating: B Sir Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and) wrote but one concerto, but we’ve had to wait until now to […]

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Apr 252017

Haydn (attrib) Cello Concerto in D

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Music and Musicians January 1986 Haydn Cello Concerto One would be delighted to hear Julian Lloyd Webber’s performances of the Haydn C major and D major Cello Concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra (Philips 412 793—1 record; 412793—4 cassette; 412 793—2 compact disc) in the concert hall, and on disc they make an excellent coupling, […]

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Apr 252017

Haydn Cello Concerto in C

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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 252017

Grieg Cello Sonata

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Gramophone Good CD guide Delius Cello Sonata. Caprice and Elegy. Hassan – Serenade (arr. Fenby). Romance. Grieg Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36. Intermezzo in A minor, CW118. Julian Lloyd Webber (vc); Bengt Forsberg (pf). Philips 454 458-2PH (66 minutes: DDD: 4/98). Recorded 1996. The links, both musical and personal, between Grieg and Delius […]

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Apr 252017

Grainger Youthful Rapture

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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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