SKU: HL.14019307
8.5x11.75x0.041 inches.
Julian Lloyd Webber's touching and inspired tribute to the great cellist Jacqueline du Pre, first performed in January 1999 in London's Wigmore Hall. Cello and piano version. Duration c. 3mins.
SKU: HL.49003264
ISBN 9790220118159. UPC: 884088061487. 8.25x11.75x0.39 inches.
I have a great fondness for the lower string instruments: I am a bass player, my mother is a cellist, as are both my daughters; my own ensemble includes two violas, a cello and a bass, and for the instrumentation of my opera Medea I omit the entire violin section from the orchestra. As I have written a number of works for solo instrument or voice with orchestra I welcomed the opportunity to write a concerto for cello and orchestra and especially one which focuses particularly on the instrument's lyrical qualities. Although the piece is in one continuous movement, and the soloist is playing almost without a break, it nevertheless falls into distinct sections which are recognisable by a shift of tempo as well as by a change in the music's character.One of the early ideas Julian Lloyd Webber and I discussed was that it might form a companion piece to one of the Haydn concertos. Given my friendship with some members of the English Chamber Orchestra and my awareness of their repertoire, this suggested a number of particular musical references. The subtitle to the work, for example, combines the subtitles of two idiosyncratic Haydn symphonies and I allude to them in different ways but chiefly through orchestration: for The Philosopher by including a section in the concerto where the orchestration resembles that of the symphony's first movement (pairs of English and French horns, muted violins and unmuted lower strings); for The Farewell, by the progressive reduction in the orchestration towards the end. Indeed, apart from the orchestral tutti in the last few bars, the last pages of the score are virtually for string quartet. The subtitle also refers to my own background as a philosophy graduate...The piece was commissioned by Philips Classics for Julian Lloyd Webber and is dedicated to him.The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by James Judd, 21 November 1995, Barbican Hall, London.Gavin Bryars.
SKU: ST.C145
ISBN 9790570811458.
SKU: HL.14005430
9.0x12.0x0.07 inches. English.
This was written in 1980. Dedicated to and edited by Julian Lloyd Webber, who also gave the first performance of them in Portsmouth in 1980.
SKU: HL.14071888
SKU: BT.SCHEE5272
String Quartet (Score & parts). Lloyd, Webber, J.
SKU: HL.14005408
8.25x11.75x0.107 inches.
Geoffrey Burgon's Six Studies were originally composed for solo cello. This transcription, authorised by the composer, has involved some changes in register and notes due to the different timbres and response of the viola and the considerable difference in physical size of the two instruments. This work was commissioned by the Portsmouth Festival with funds provided by Southen Arts. The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber at the Cathedral Church of Old Portsmouth in June 1980.
SKU: HL.14023604
UPC: 884088840181. 10.5x14.0x0.226 inches.
Michael Nyman's Double Concerto was commissioned by Mazda Cars (UK) Limited. The work was first performed by John Harle (Saxophone), Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello) and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Judd on 8 March 1997 at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Performance duration: 28 minutes. Available here is the Full Score of Nyman's Double Concerto.