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Classic Cellists at the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

Featuring performances by master cellists such as Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yo Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis and Mischa Maisky.

Julian Lloyd Webber takes an extraordinary musical journey through the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ archives from the 1950s to the present to celebrate the world of the cello through some of its greatest interpreters. From dazzling performances by legendary masters such as Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre and Mstislav Rostropovich to some of today's leading interpreters including Yo Yo Ma, Steven Isserlis and Mischa Maisky, Julian gives us a cellist's perspective on an extraordinary virtuoso tradition.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 26 Sep 2022 01:35
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    ElgarΒ’s Cello Concerto

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • FranΓ§ois Couperin

    Air For Two

    Performer: Paul Tortelier. Performer: Maud Martin Tortelier.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Romanza Siciliana

    Performer: Paul Tortelier. Performer: Ernest Lush. Composer: Gregor Piatigorsky.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de Fantaisie "Elegie"

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh-Mason.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Concerto

    Performer: Jacqueline du PrΓ©. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Allegro Appassionato

    Performer: Jacqueline du PrΓ©. Performer: Iris du Pre.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Cello Concerto in B minor

    Performer: Jacqueline du PrΓ©. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1

    Performer: Pau Casals.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.3

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor

    Performer: AndrΓ© Navarra. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: HallΓ©.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Dark Pastoral

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Conductor: Paul Daniel. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Composer: David Matthews.

  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No.4

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No. 1

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Performer: Beatrice Harrison.

  • Peteris Vasks

    Dolcissimo

    Performer: Sol Gabetta.

  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Gregor Piatigorsky. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto for Violin and Cello

    Performer: Leonard Rose. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Maurice Gendron. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.

  • Mstislav Rostropovich;The Philadelphia Orchestra;Eugene Ormandy

    Cello Concerto No 1 In E Flat Major Op 107

  • Claudio Abbado, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern

    I. Allegro

Credits

Presenter Julian Lloyd Webber
Producer Helen Mansfield
Executive Producer Mark Cooper

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