![]() ![]() As One Who Has Slept: A Tribute to John Tavener.Troppo cruda, troppo fiera - Handel duets at the G.Magnificent Extravagance - Gergiev and LSO in Scri.Operatic triumphs in the Olivier Awards.Stabat Mater dolorosa - Music for Passiontide.Benjamin Grosvenor and the Escher String Quartet.Not forgettable: Górecki’s final symphony.Young people to the fore at Opera North.Ruins and reflections: Londinium celebrates Tenebrae.Daring new works for piano and voice from Thomas L.Melvyn Tan and Friends at the Menuhin Hall.London International A Cappella Competition - round 2.Jan Latham-Koenig wins Golden Mask Award. ![]() The final - London International A Cappella Compet.Hats Off - City of London Festival 2014.The End of an Era - Julian Lloyd Webber to retire.Sir Harrison at 80 - May at the Barbican Centre.Poulenc - Stabat Mater and Sept Repons de Tenebre.⚫ A lovely immediacy to the performances: In Monologues, Anna Bonitatibus explores a century of dramatic scenes for solo voice ⚫ Grażyna Bacewicz's piano concertos and more: an exciting disc from Peter Jablonski & the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra ⚫ Songs of heartbreak and loss: Lovesick - American counter-tenor Randall Scotting explores 17th-century song from Dowland to Purcell, Étienne Moulinié to Antonio Cesti ⚫ Because: in a slightly unlikely but completely seductive pairing, countertenor Reginald Mobley is joined by jazz pianist/composer Baptiste Trotignon 1 and Piano Quintet by Olli Mustonen from the Engegård Quartet and the composer on LAWO Classics ⚫ Terrific and intensely atmospheric: String Quartet No. ⚫ A refreshing sense of lightness: Chichester Cathedral Choir & the Rose Consort of Viols in sacred music by Chichester Cathedral's 17th-century organist, Thomas Weelkes exploring Alfonso Ferrabosco's 1609 book of music for solo lyra viol ⚫ Music of such engaging variety and imagination: Richard Boothby's Music to hear. ⚪ A little bit of magic: Asya Fateyeva and Lautten Compagney Berlin ⚪ Colour, text & character: Historically informed Ring cycle launched with gripping Das Rheingold ⚫ We simply forget that there was anything young artist about the evening: Hansel & Gretel at Opera Holland Park ⚫ Rückert lieder: Ian Bostridge and Julius Drake in songs by Robert & Clara Schumann, Schubert, Henze and Mahler ⚪ Stylish performances all round: a winning account of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte that engages as well as questions ⚪ Visually seductive and strikingly arresting: The Queen of Spades is a real study in obsession ⚪ An engaging & ultimately touching evening:Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas ⚫ Vox Luminis at Wigmore Hall: I have rarely heard Bach's Mass in B minor performed with such consistency of style, integrity and sheer musicality But for many people his name is indelibly linked to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Variations which was written for him. Outside the concert hall and recording studio, he is a tireless campaigner for music education, founding the In Harmony programme based on the Venezualan El Sistema. Webber has premiered over 50 works for the cello and made more than 50 recordings during his career, winning a Classical Brit award in 1987 for his recording of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Two weeks ago he was presented with the Distinguished Musician Award 2013 by the Incorporated Society of Musicians. I would like to use the knowledge I have gained through my life as a musician and an educator to give back as much as I can to the music profession which has given me so much over the years."Įarlier this year Lloyd Webber had been busy with a concert tour A Tale of Two Cellos with his wife Jiaxin, performing repertoire from their recent disc of music for two cellos (see my review). Referring to this sudden change in circumstances, Lloyd Webber said "I have no intention of enduring a forced retirement though. His decision has been brought about by a herniated-disc in his neck which has reduced the power in his right arm. Julian Lloyd Webber and Gustavo Dudamel with In Harmony childrenĬellist Julian Lloyd Webber has announced that he is to give up playing the cello publicly, and that his final performance will be on at the Forum Theatre, Malvern where he is performing with the English Chamber Orchestra.
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