Guildford Cathedral v England

4 Commentsby Juliette  |  June 15th, 2010  |  Latest News, Performances, Record Producing  

Glad to report that the Elgar went well and despite it being the same evening as the 1^st England game (bet someone was in trouble for scheduling that one), we still seemed to be pretty well sold out. Guildford Cathedral doesn’t have a great acoustic for a piece like the Music Makers; everything quickly becomes a big wash of sound and Elgar’s choral works tend to be very densely scored, particularly for me as a mezzo when he probably had a contralto in mind (indeed the wonderful English contralto, Muriel Foster gave the 1^st performance).

We met Julian Lloyd Webber for lunch last Friday to discuss his forthcoming 60^th Birthday celebrations. I have to say, he looks 10 years younger than that and with no obvious signs of any botox! We also met his charming wife (no.4) who we’ll hopefully be recording with Julian in a duet to go on a special celebratory CD next spring. It was by some very strange coincidence that I had seen him on Cbeebies earlier that morning playing the Elgar Cello Concerto surrounded by a gaggle/brace of puppets. (If anyone knows the collective noun for a group of puppets do let me know.)

Tags: 1st performance of Music Makers, Cbeebies, Elgar Cello Concerto, Guildford Cathedral, Julian Lloyd Webber

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