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Recording at Abbey Road Studios
Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason on the The Andrew Marr Show - 28 Oct 2018
BBC YM Forty Years Young
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays 4th Mvt - Elgar Cello Concerto at BBC Young Musician 2018
Sheku Kanneh-Mason visits Prior Weston Primary School
Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason - Edinburgh International Festival
Sheku Kanneh-Mason visits Australia after cello performance at royal wed" target="_blank" data-video-width=500 data-video-height=300> Sheku Kanneh-Mason visits Australia after cello performance at royal wedding | ABC News
1 Traditional: Blow The Wind Southerly  
2 Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36  
3 Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 - 1. Adagio ? Moderato  
4 2. Lento - Allegro molto  
5 3. Adagio  
6 4. Allegro  
7 Elgar: Romance in D Minor, Op. 62  
8 Bridge: 4 Short Pieces, H104 - 2. Spring Song  
9 Traditional: Scarborough Fair  
10 Bloch: Prelude, B 63  
11 Bloch: From Jewish Life, B 54 - 1. Prayer  
12 Faure: Elegie in C Minor, Op. 24  
13 Klengel: Hymnus, Op. 57  
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Award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto – arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello, which saw the 100th anniversary of its first performance this month.

Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and conducted by one of Sheku's lifelong heroes, Sir Simon Rattle, the work is a statement of intent from the 20-year-old musician whose rise to being "the world's new favourite cellist" (The Times) has taken nothing away from his ambition to continue evolving and learning as an artist. Sheku explains, "It's how I feel about the music that really motivates me to work and discover and develop my own ideas – that's what keeps me going."

  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason's 'Song' celebrates his inspirations from Bach to Bacharach and beyond / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: June 10, 2022 12:00 AM
    Song, the new album from cellist Sheku-Kanneh Mason, features music from across the entire spectrum of classical, folk, jazz and pop – all personally curated by Sheku. The eclectic mix of styles are tied together by one thing – the unique singing voice of Sheku’s cello.Sheku Kanneh-Mason became a household name in 2018 after performing at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle. His ...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns to a socially distant stage / BBC
    Posted At: July 10, 2020 12:00 AM

    The cellist, made famous for performing at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding, has returned to a socially distanced stage. Sheku Kanneh-Mason has been spending lockdown live streaming concerts with his six siblings from their home in Nottingham. Now he's stepping onto a larger stage once more for the Philharmonia Orchestra summer session series.\ Mason recently released an original composit...
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  • CPR Classical spotlights; Sheku Kanneh-Mason
    Posted At: June 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    As part of Summerfest, this week CPR Classical will be showcasing the work of British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who didn't just rise to fame, he catapulted. By 18 he already had a major record label contract and his first CD under his belt, but it was the call from Meghan Markle, soon to be Duchess of Sussex, that would change his career trajectory. Kanneh-Mason performed three pieces at the ro...
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  • The Sheku Effect / The New York Times
    Posted At: June 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    On a Friday evening a few months ago, when it was entirely normal to be in a packed concert hall, Sheku Kanneh-Mason finished playing Saint-Saëns's Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.   The British cellist had torn through the classic piece, which unfolds in a 20-minute whoosh.   "It just kind of starts," he had said at lunch that afternoon. Ther...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason shares his thoughts on the 'Elgar Cello Concerto' with 90.9WETA: Wash DC
    Posted At: May 6, 2020 12:00 AM

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason is best known to those outside Britain as the phenomenal young cellist who played for the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle, but in Britain he's quickly becoming almost as famous as they are. His second album, recorded last year in Abbey Road Studios when he was twenty years old, features the Elgar Cello Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Ratt...
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  • Celebrating his 21st birthday, Sheku Kanneh-Mason marks the occasion by releasing his own piece for solo cello; 'Melody' / udiscovermusic.
    Posted At: April 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Award-winning British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason recently celebrated his 21st birthday and is delighted to mark the occasion by releasing his own piece, for solo cello, which was inspired by folk music. He sometimes performs ‘Melody' as a surprise encore at concerts but had no intention of officially releasing it until now. ‘Melody' was filmed in the garden of his family home in Nottingh...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason offers a a blissful two-minute meditation called 'Melody' / theartsdesk
    Posted At: April 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Inventiveness waxes ever stronger, it seems, in quarantine, as do the number of faces and instrumental sounds gathered together at any one time. As the branches diversify, embracing pre-filmed concert and opera, solo and multiple livestreams from home, it made sense not to try and yoke all this together, and to give individual slots to each happening, from two innovative opera productions to a fabulous y...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason; 'Being interested is what makes you interesting' / 98.7WFMT Q&A
    Posted At: March 25, 2020 12:00 AM

    It's difficult to name a classical artist with a bigger big break than Sheku Kanneh-Mason. In 2018, 1.9 billion people around the world watched the young cellist - he was just 19 years old at the time - perform in the halls of St. George's Chapel during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In addition to the Royal Wedding, Kanneh-Mason, who is now 20 years old, has had numerous television p...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason releases; the Elgar Cello Concerto / New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: February 19, 2020 12:00 AM

    He performed at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018. Two years earlier, at the age of 17, he won the BBC's Young Musician Competition. And he's appeared on Britain's Got Talent with his six musical siblings. Yet, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who is just 20 years old and still studies at the Royal Academy of Music, is grounded in the music he loves. He's just release...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks Elgar with Spokane Public Radio
    Posted At: January 31, 2020 12:00 AM

    Award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto – arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello, which saw the 100th anniversary of its first performance this month. Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchest...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes on the best-known cello work in the canon; 'Elgar's Cello Concerto' and is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: January 29, 2020 12:00 AM

    Award-winning young cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason presents a new recording anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto – arguably the best-known work in the classical canon for the cello, which saw the 100th anniversary of its first performance in 2019. Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios, the album features the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by one of Kanneh-Mason's lifelong heroes, Sir Simon R...
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  • Decca Classics releases: Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Elgar / The Violin Channel
    Posted At: January 24, 2020 12:00 AM

    Recorded with conductor Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, the disc features the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Frank Bridge's ‘4 Short Pieces‘, Ernest Bloch's ‘Prelude‘ and ‘From Jewish Life‘, Gabriel Faure's ‘Elegie‘, Julius Klengel's ‘Hymnus‘ – plus a number of new cello arrangements of Elgar's ‘Enigma Variation...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Elgar makes the GRAMOPHONE 'Listening Room'
    Posted At: January 21, 2020 12:00 AM

    James Jolly's fortnightly playlist includes a taster of Víkingur Ólafsson's much-anticipated new album 'Debussy - Rameau', Ruby Hughes singing Rhian Samuel's Clytemnestra, Jean-Philippe Collard in Granados's Goyescas and Sheku Kanneh-Mason's Elgar Cello Concerto with Sir Simon Rattle. A big concerto this week – the much-hyped Elgar from Sheku Kanneh-Mas...
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  • Highest-charting UK cellist of all time; Sheku Kanneh-Mason lands #1 on this week's 'Official Classical Albums Chart'
    Posted At: January 17, 2020 12:00 AM

    BBC Young Musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason scores a personal best and sets a new Official Chart record today, entering at Number 8 with his second album Elgar. The entry makes the 20-year-old Nottingham-born musician. who performed at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding in 2018, the highest-charting cellist of all time in the UK, and the first to break the Official Albums Chart Top 10. Sheku also l...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason discusses new Elgar recording with classical radio
    Posted At: January 15, 2020 12:00 AM

    Award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto – arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello, which saw the 100th anniversary of its first performance this month. Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and conducted by one of Sheku's lifelong ...
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  • Ludwig Van Toronto has 20 questions for Sheku Kanneh-Mason
    Posted At: January 14, 2020 12:00 AM

    For Royal watchers and classical music lovers alike, it was hard not to notice the extraordinary performance by cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason at the Royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2018. His appearance was seen by over two billion viewers and took the world by storm. His debut record for Decca Classics, Inspiration, reached No. 1 on the classical charts and No. 18 on the UK Album charts a...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Elgar is the CLASSIC fM: Album of the Week
    Posted At: January 13, 2020 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. This week Award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with his third album, Elgar, featuring music from Fauré, Bloch, Klengel, and of course – Elgar himself. The focal point of Sheku's latest release is Elgar's legendary &ls...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason navigates beauty and anguish on Elgar recording and is the WCRB: CD of the Week
    Posted At: January 13, 2020 12:00 AM

    Britain's Sheku Kanneh-Mason family is a phenomenon – seven sibling classical musicians from Nottingham who have been profiled in documentaries seen around the world. The mystery of deep musical talent seems even more intriguing when it visits an entire family, but every voice is unique, and the Kanneh-Masons say they are tightly enough knit to be supportive of each other as individuals.  ...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Elgar is the KDFC: Album of the Week
    Posted At: January 13, 2020 12:00 AM

    Award-winning cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason returns with Elgar, a new album of works anchored around Elgar's Cello Concerto – arguably the best-known work in the classical canon written for solo cello, which saw the 100th anniversary of its first performance this month. Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO), and conducted by one of Sheku's lifelong ...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason on track to be first cellist in history to reach top 10 on UK album chart / The Voice
    Posted At: January 13, 2020 12:00 AM

    AWARD-WINNING CELLIST Sheku Kanneh-Mason is on track to become the first cellist in the history of the charts to earn a place in the UK Official Charts Top 10. The chart position would also make Kanneh-Mason the first British classical instrumentalist in over 30 years to reach the Top 10 after violinist Nigel Kennedy released Vivaldi's Four Seasons in 1989. According to the Official Chart Company (OC...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason records Elgar's Cello Concerto at same age Jacqueline du Pre set down her iconic take / CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: January 10, 2020 12:00 AM

    Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason records Elgar's Cello Concerto at Abbey Road Studios. Kanneh-Mason has recorded Elgar's monumental work at just 20 – the same age Jacqueline du Pré was when she set down her iconic take on the concerto. Joining the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle, the recording marks the young cellist's second album on Decca Classics. Other works on the...
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  • Great works are gifts that keep on giving - Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Elgar with LSO, Rattle / The New York Times
    Posted At: January 4, 2020 12:00 AM

    New accounts of standard works, even those covered by dozens of classic recordings, can still enliven classical music. The standard repertory in classical music is often standard for good reason: Great works are gifts that keep on giving with repeated hearings. But what about repeated recordings? Some recent recordings of standard fare that merit attention and add to our understanding of the classics is&...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason appointed MBE in the new years honours / BBC
    Posted At: December 27, 2019 12:00 AM

    A young musician who played at the Duke of Sussex's wedding said it was "amazing" to be appointed an MBE in the New Year Honours. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 20, became the first black musician to win the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016. Receiving the news, the Nottingham cellist paid tribute to his parents for their support. He said he would continue working with organisations to show the benefits of...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason Q&A's ahead of Cali dates with sister Isata / San Francisco Classical Voice
    Posted At: December 3, 2019 12:00 AM

    It's only fitting that cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, whose first name means "prince," should have performed at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in the spring of 2018. Viewed by more than one billion people worldwide, the event catapulted the teenager to superstar status. Not that Kanneh-Mason was unknown before the nuptials: Indeed, the youth from Nottingham, England, took top honors at ...
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  • Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason discuss this summer's Edinburgh Festival recital
    Posted At: April 5, 2019 12:00 AM

    Winner of 2016's BBC Young Musician of the Year, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his older sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason are set for thier upcoming recital performance at the Queen's Hall on 7 August, which is part of this summer's Edinburgh International Festival. Watch the attached file as Sheku & Isata's talk about growing up with classical music, the inspiring atmosphere of events like th...
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  • Classical musical sales jumped 10% in 2018 / The Telegraph
    Posted At: January 12, 2019 12:00 AM

    Classical musical sales have bucked the downward trend thanks to young stars who appeared at the Royal Wedding and Proms, the UK's record label association has revealed. Sales of classical CDs and streaming of the music have increased by more than 10 per cent in 2018 compared to the previous year, the BPI has said. More than 2.2 million classical albums were either purchased, downloaded or streamed last ...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason is first artist to receive 'BRIT Certified Breakthrough Award' / M
    Posted At: August 21, 2018 12:00 AM

    The 19-year-old cellist has received the award after passing 30,000 UK sales for his debut album Inspiration. Sheku's debut offering features selections of his favourite songs, all recorded with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. It includes orchestral renditions of Bob Marley's No Woman No Cry and Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. The album has amassed over 100,000 worldwide album sales and has ma...
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  • Nothing can nudge Sheku Kanneh-Mason from CLASSIC fM top spot
    Posted At: July 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Classic FM Chart has two new entries at No. 3 and No. 5, but nothing can nudge Sheku Kanneh-Mason from the top spot, as the cellist holds No. 1 for the eighth consecutive week. Once again, Kanneh-Mason's Inspiration holds the No. 1 spot in the Classic FM Chart, closely followed by Einaudi's Islands – an long-time favourite in the top five. Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's reco...
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  • From the royal wedding, to the BBC Proms, Sheku Kanneh-Mason looks back on a breakout 2018 / Radio Times
    Posted At: July 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has played at the grandest of stages and broken into the UK and US top 20 – all at the age of 19. Meghan Markle has impeccable manners. Within a few weeks of marrying Prince Harry, she'd already sent out her thank-you letters – including a heartfelt one to young British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. With his stunning, emotional performance at the royal wedding...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason holds #1 spot on CLASSIC fM chart for 7th consecutive week
    Posted At: July 9, 2018 12:00 AM

    The Royal wedding cellist once again remains unbeatable in the Classic FM Chart, as his debut album ‘Inspiration' takes the No. 1 spot for the seventh week in a row. The chart sees little movement in the top four, with Margaret Keys, John Williams and the LSO and Ludovico Einaudi all holding steady. As Incredibles 2 hits cinemas around the world, its soundtrack, by Michael Giacchino, has entered th...
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  • The Royal Wedding: Official Album is KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: June 18, 2018 12:00 AM

    Fresh off the presses, it's The Royal Wedding: The Official Album! Fortunately for us, the recent wedding of Prince Harry and American Meghan Markle featured a lot of really nice classical music. One highlight included on the album, is a star turn from the remarkable young cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Tracks include If Ye Love Me, a stunning choral piece from the English Renaissance composer, Thomas Tall...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes his cello in for service. Watch what happens on CLASSIC fM
    Posted At: June 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    Following a stunning performance at the Royal wedding, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has held onto the top spot in the Classic FM Chart for a second consecutive week. In a brilliant first year in the music industry, Sheku Kanneh-Mason's debut album Inspiration, which includes Shostakovich's Cello Concerto and a cello arrangement of Bob Marley's ‘No Woman, No Cry', has had a second bout of success.&nbs...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Inspiration is 90.5WKAR: Classical New Release of the Month for June
    Posted At: June 2, 2018 12:00 AM

    Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason set social media abuzz immediately after his royal wedding performance last month. But many classical music lovers had already set eyes and ears on the talented English musician. Mason came into the spotlight when he won the prestigious BBC Young Musician award in 2016. Signed to Decca Classics, his debut album 'Inspiration' features Shostakovich'...
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  • No nerves from 19-year-old royal wedding cellist / NPR
    Posted At: May 27, 2018 12:00 AM

    Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19. If you were one of the millions of viewers who tuned into the royal wedding last weekend, you may also have been one of the many who were impressed by a young cellist. Nineteen-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason played three pieces during the interlude in which Prince H...
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  • With royal wedding bump, Sheku Kanneh-Mason jumps to no. 1 on CLASSIC fM chart
    Posted At: May 27, 2018 12:00 AM

    After a stunning performance at the Royal wedding last weekend which saw his debut album ‘Inspiration' jump to No. 1 in the US pop charts, Sheku Kanneh-Mason has also shot to the top of the Classic FM Chart. The 19-year-old performed during the signing of the register at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding last weekend – and since, he has jumped to No. 1 in not only the Classic FM C...
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  • Sheku Kanneh-Mason becomes highest ranking cellist on 'official albums chart' / BBC
    Posted At: May 26, 2018 12:00 AM

    Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has been given a chart boost after performing at the royal wedding on Saturday. His album Inspiration has risen to Number 11 in the chart and is already the best selling classical album of 2018. It also returned as number one album on the Classical Artists Albums Chart. The former BBC Young Musician told the Official Charts Company: "It's been a crazy week with my college e...
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