ONE of the country's most talented young
cellists is returning to his old school in Solihull to display the skills nurtured by world-renowned musicians.
A concert by New York
cellist Maya Beiser that redefines the boundaries of the instrument in a dynamic and theatrical environment, integrating video, sound and lighting design is one of the key performances at this year's Vale of Glamorgan Festival of Music.
Andrew described Julian as ``one of the greatest
cellists of our time.''
The BBC NOW's guest will be the internationally-famed British
cellist Steven Isserlis, an artist always keen to delve into historical archives in search of forgotten gems for his instrument - and tomorrow night he will perform the unjustly-neglected Cello Concerto by Walton.
It would seem slightly mad, and perhaps even sacrilegious to some, that any
cellist would undertake to perform all six suites in one evening.
Even though the virtuoso
cellist cannot remember how many times he has played the piece with various orchestras over the years, he is still refining his performance for his performance at Warwick Arts Centre with the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra.
He is a fine
cellist, and I have played with him since I was 7 or 8 years old.
Lloyd Webber will be on stage at the Tees Barrage for his show, Music from the West End and Broadway, accompanied by the British Waterways Orchestra, but wants six
cellists aged under 20 from across the region to join him for a performance of I Don't Know How to Love Him from Jesus Christ Superstar.
With a lesser
cellist than Johnston, the cello would surely have been drowned in sound.
The concert got off to a nervous start with Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor, the opening Allegro-Adagio-Allegro providing some testing high notes for the principal
cellists.
With over 100 albums under his belt, Ma is widely considered one of the greatest
cellists of our age.
Mstislav Rostropovich is recognized as one of the greatest
cellists of the 20th century.
Although the country has a share of good
cellists, no one so young made an astounding impression.
The Catalan
cellist Gaspar Cassado (1897-1966) is surprisingly little known today considering that he was one of the three most highly regarded
cellists in the early decades of the twentieth century and the student most closely associated with his world-famous teacher, Pablo Casals.
"Chicago Symphony Orchestra
cellist Richard Hirschl, who is to be counted amongst a handful of the greatest
cellists in all of Chicago, will be playing three ultra-romantic Russian pieces with us," said Maestro Kirk Muspratt.
