An evening with Julian Lloyd Webber

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 13 May 2015

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 11 May 2015

Lloyd Webber, In the half-light

Rachmaninov, Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19

Fauré, Élégie in C minor, Op.24

Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera: The Music of the Night

Bridge, Scherzetto for cello and piano

Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (Excerpts)

Glass, Tissue no. 2

Julian Lloyd Webber, Cello

Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, Cello

Pam Chowhan, Piano

Julian Lloyd Webber Pays Tribute to Cello Greats in Cornwall

Lucy Armstrong, 15th March

It is inevitable that one of the most beloved of orchestral instruments, the cello, will entice a diverse crowd of enthusiastic concertgoers – and that even in the midst of a recession, there prevails an inherent desire to depart from the self now and then for a ritualistic celebration of great music.

****1

Russian Spring: Elder and the Hallé reunite in glorious style

Leighton Jones, 7th May

The music of Glinka, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky fills Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall with mystery, intrigue and jollity.

****1

Classical grace and Romantic eloquence from the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 7th May

The contrasting delights of Schumann, Brahms and Dvořák are powerfully evoked in performances of charm, eloquence and high drama from the Philharmonia, continuing the orchestra’s 80th anniversary celebrations.

****1

Spacious Prokofiev from Seong-Jin Cho and the Munich Philharmonic

SangKwon Lee, 6th May

Seong-Jin Cho’s premise in Prokofiev is compelling – to reconcile Russian gravitational attack and monumental construction with clarity, colour and contrapuntal legibility.

***11

Marc-André Hamelin surveys two centuries of piano sonatas

Sam Jacobson, 5th May

From Haydn and Beethoven to Weinberg and Rachmaninov, Marc-André Hamelin reveals the piano sonata as a form of breadth, flexibility and expressive power.

****1

LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Cameron Kelsall, 3rd May

The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas

****1

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.

An evening with Julian Lloyd Webber at St George's, Bristol