"Theme (Paganini Caprice in A minor No.A lifelong Leyton Orient supporter, he was the London Underground’s first official busker and the only classical musician to perform at the Closing Ceremony of Olympics 2012. In addition, the chorus of the song "Stick it to the Man" is based on a note sequence from Variation 14.īrothers Julian Lloyd Webber and Andrew Lloyd Webber working at Variations in 1977. Julian is married to fellow cellist Jiaxin Cheng. In Lloyd Webber's West End musical adaptation of the film School of Rock (2003), Dewey Finn and Ned Schneebly play Guitar Hero to the audience on an imaginary TV screen, and the Variations album is played. Also, the UK's children's program, The Book Tower (hosted by Doctor Who actor, Tom Baker) adopted a section of "Variation 19" for its theme tune. "Variation 18" is an instrumental version of the title song from the first Rice and Webber musical, The Likes of Us (1965, unperformed until 2005). The opening theme is used as the theme to The South Bank Show (1978–2010) and "Variation 5" became " Unexpected Song" with lyrics by Don Black. The opening and closing variations have been rewritten for cello and piano, the latter of which Julian often uses as an encore, due to its amusing glissando down to Bottom A (forcing a mid piece retune) to conclude. The work was used in musical Song and Dance (1982) and David Cullen made an arrangement of the work for cello and orchestra. The cover is based on the painting Frederick, Prince of Wales, and his sisters by Philip Mercier. It reached Number 2 on the UK album charts. It was subsequently rearranged and recorded in 1978. The work premiered at the 1977 Sydmonton Festival with rock band Colosseum II, featuring Gary Moore, Jon Hiseman and Don Airey being joined by Barbara Thompson (sax, flute), Rod Argent (piano, synthesizer, keyboards) and Julian Lloyd Webber (cello). It was not until Julian beat his brother in a bet on a Leyton Orient football match that Andrew was forced to write his cello work.Īs his subject, Andrew chose the theme of Paganini's 24th caprice and added 23 variations for cello and rock band. The Lloyd Webber brothers were always very close but their two different careers (a rock musical composer and a classical cellist) meant that a collaboration seemed unlikely. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed by his younger brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. Satie: Aubade.Variations is a classical and rock fusion album. Brahms: Theme and Variation (op.21 no.1). Jiaxin and Julian Lloyd Webber: Tale of Two Cellos Photograph: PR handout A few days later, in the middle of our rehearsal for that night’s concert at London’s Cadogan Hall, I got another call. Haydn: Menuet al Rovescio.īertini: Staccato Study. Northumbrian Folk Song: The Death of Percy Reed. Old French Carol: The Divine Child is Born. Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee. Pasqualino de Marzis: Adagio and Allegroĭebussy: Cake Walk. Janacek: Presto, Mozart: Ridente la calma, Chopin: Largo, Nicholls: Cake-Walk, Pergolesi: Adagio and Presto, Reger: Scherzoīruch: Finnlandisch, Bridge: Scherzetto, Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte, Nicholls: Bohemian Dance, Skryabin: Prelude. Bach: Air on the G string, Jesu joy of man’s desiring. Mendelssohn: Song Without WordsĪlbinoni: Adagio. Rimsky-Korsakov: Hindu Song (Song of India). Roger Quilter: Music, when soft voices die. Edward Elgar: In Haven (Capri) from ‘Sea Pictures’. Michael William Balfe: I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls. Richard and Robert Sherman: Hushabye Mountain. Lehar: You are my Heart’s Delight.įourteen Pieces for Cello & Piano (Unexpected Songs)į. Bernstein: Somewhere (from West Side Story). Irish: Londonderry Air.īach: Jesus joy of man’s desiring. Mozart: Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca). Debussy: Beau Soir.īach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring. Delius: Serenade from Hassan.Elgar: Romance. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Song of the Black Swan. Joseph Rheinberger: Cantilena from Organ Sonata no.11. Luigi Boccherini: Adagio from Cello Concerto in B flat. Barnby: Sweet and Low.Ĭesar Franck: Panis angelicus. Saint-Saens: Ave Maria, Rubinstein: The Angel. Cello Concerto Op.85, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Idylle, Jerusalem, Land of Hope and Glory, Nimrod, Theme from Pomp and Circumstance No.4, Romance, Salut d’Amour.Īir Varie, Slumber Song, In the Half LightĬoncierto como un divertimento for cello and orchestraĬoncerto No1 in A minor Op33, Allegro Appassionato Op43, The Swan.
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