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Schubert's Serenade performed by Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber plays The Swan by Saint Saens
1 Lady D'Arbanville  
2 Lenehan Oblivion  
3 Marble Halls  
4 Prelude In E Minor  
5 In Haven  
6 Chant Hindou  
7 Trees  
8 L'Heure Exquise  
9 Kashmiri Love Song  
10 Koyal  
11 Sicilenne  
12 Hushabye Mountain  
13 Music When Soft Voices Die  
14 Serenade  
15 The Lea Ring  
16 African Crib Carol  
17 In Trutina  
18 A Gift Of A Thistle  
19 To A Wild Rose  
20 Unexpected Song  
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Unexpected Songs is Julian Lloyd Webber's 40th CD, & 4th for EMI Classics. Branching out in new directions, the renowned cellist performs 20 tracks reflecting a wide range of color from classical & folk to film & theatre music. Harpist Catrin Finch and pianist John Lenehan join Webber, amongst other friends, & the album's title track was written by brother Andrew

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  • Julian Lloyd Webber will return to Harrogate with wife and fellow cellist: Jiaxin, for summer festival / Harrogate Advertiser
    Posted At: June 14, 2023 12:00 AM
    Julian Lloyd Webber enjoys one of the most creative careers in music today. As a solo cellist he has performed with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and every leading symphony and chamber orchestra in the UK in partnership with such conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Lord Yehu...
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  • Musicians and music teachers are being called on to shape the future of music education in the UK / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: February 11, 2020 12:00 AM

    The government is asking music industry and education experts to help shape the future of music education in the United Kingdom. Musicians and teachers, and young people and their parents, are being called on to share their experience of music in schools, and to tell the UK government what they want to see in a new national blueprint. Lord Lloyd-Webber has weighed in on the plans, saying: "Every chil...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber talks Malton appearance with The Yorkshire Post
    Posted At: May 7, 2019 12:00 AM

    Julian Lloyd Webber's father, William, the son of a self-employed plumber was an organ ‘buff'. "My father was an organist," says Julian. "He was in love with an organ at Westminster Central Hall, which is a magnificent instrument, and he was responsible for it being rebuilt when he was there. He was well versed in Methodism." It's fitting then that one of his two musical sons, the virtuoso cellist ...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber says; 'access to music remains out of reach for the majority of England's school children' / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: January 2, 2019 12:00 AM

    In an article in The Times, Julian Lloyd Webber has attacked the decline in arts subjects in England, saying: "Access to music remains stubbornly out of reach for the vast majority of children from less privileged backgrounds." The cellist, who is now Principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, lays the blame with the EBacc. "Since the introduction of the EBacc in 2010, the number of GCSEs take...
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  • Classical music should be the birthright of every child but is fast becoming something only for the elite / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: August 26, 2018 12:00 AM

    Nearly 100 music sector leaders including Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle, Nicola Benedetti, Julian Lloyd Webber, Alison Balsom and Myleene Klass have written to The Times to express concern that the number of pupils studying GCSE music continues to fall. The letter, published in today's (24 August) The Times and signed by 90 people from across the music sector, said that music is "fast becoming th...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber's 4album set 'Span Of Time' makes CLASSIC fM 'New Releases'
    Posted At: April 24, 2018 12:00 AM

    Throughout the week Classic FM's presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. John Suchet plays a track from his featured Album of the Week at 10.15am every weekday. You. John Brunning plays a track from his featured Drive Discovery at 6.15pm every weekday, and David Mellor picks out his three favourite new releases and re-releas...
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  • 5 minutes with Julian Lloyd Webber / East Lothian News
    Posted At: August 17, 2014 12:00 AM

    Cellist and brother of Andrew, Julian Lloyd Webber, featured. Here are 5 minutes with the East Lothian News ...
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  • Five minutes with Julian Lloyd Webber / Western Daily Press
    Posted At: August 9, 2014 12:00 AM

    Five minutes with Julian Lloyd Webber.......Well, it's a long time ago now – 1988 I think it was. The Dvorak Concerto is regarded as the king of cello pieces really; it's the greatest concerto, and this was actually recorded in the hall that it would have first been performed in, so it was an extraordinary feeling for me because it's the kind of thing you dream of doing as a student, an...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber discusses post-performance life / The Big Issue interview
    Posted At: August 8, 2014 12:00 AM

    Julian Lloyd Webber: It is a strange time. I used to get up in the morning and practice the cello for four, five, six hours. Now I'm not doing that there seems to be a lot of time in the day I never realised. I knew there was a problem from around last October. I couldn't play physically taxing pieces because I had less power in my bowing arm. I can play flat out for five minutes and then I n...
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  • Johnny Greenwood and Julian Lloyd Weber urge British Government to continue funding music ED
    Posted At: July 14, 2014 12:00 AM

    Johnny Greenwood and Julian Lloyd Weber are among a group of musicians urging the Government to reconsider its plans to reduce funding for music lessons. The musicians have been united by the 6,500-member Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM). The ISM state that the funding cuts contradict the Government's National Plan for Music Education, which outlined the "important role music plays in childre...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber on the state of UK music education / MI PRO interview
    Posted At: July 9, 2014 12:00 AM

    Having recently been forced to hang up his bow due to a career-ending neck injury, Julian Lloyd Webber is now devoting much of his time to the music education cause. Daniel Gumble paid him a visit to find out more about his In Harmony charity and what needs to be done to ensure all children receive music education.  READ THE FULL MI PRO INTERVIEW...
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber announces retirement from performing
    Posted At: April 28, 2014 12:00 AM

    Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber announced today that he has been forced to stop playing due to a herniated disc in his neck which has reduced the power in his right arm. His final performance as a cellist will be on 2 May at the Forum Theatre, Malvern with the English Chamber Orchestra. Lloyd Webber said: "I am devastated. There were so many exciting plans that cannot now come to fruition. I have had an imme...
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  • Phil Everly dies. Cellist and Everly Brothers fan Julian Lloyd Webber picks Everly 10 Best Songs
    Posted At: January 5, 2014 12:00 AM

    Singer Phil Everly -- one half of the groundbreaking, smooth-sounding, record-setting duo, the Everly Brothers -- has died at age 74. In the wake of this sad news, cellist and fan Julian Lloyd Webber picks out the Everly Brothers' ten best songs from Bye Bye Love to Cathy's Clown....
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  • Julian Lloyd Webber tells Classic FM what it's really like to play Elgar in front of a billion people
    Posted At: January 18, 2012 12:00 AM

    2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony star Julian Lloyd Webber talks exclusively to Classic FM's Jamie Crick about what it's really like to play Elgar in front of a billion people… on top of the Royal Albert Hall. It's not every day you're asked to perform classical music on top of the Royal Albert Hall, in front of a billion people, in a programme alongside rock legends Queen, Pink F...
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  • Unexpected Songs. Eclectic, Ethnic, and a new departure for Julian Lloyd Webber
    Posted At: August 30, 2006 12:00 AM

    Unexpected Songs is the title of Julian Lloyd Webber's fortieth CD – and his fourth for EMI Classics. Branching out in new directions, the renowned cellist performs 20 tracks reflecting a wide range of music from classical to traditional folk and from film to show music by composers hailing from fourteen different countries. "There is an ethnic side to this disc," said Julian Llo...
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