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VideoLockdown commissions 4: Lawrence Power plays Cassandra Miller’s ‘Daylonging, Slacktide’
In the fourth of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Cassandra Miller’s ’Daylonging, Slacktide’, filmed in and around Snape Maltings. This is what Miller says about the piece: ‘In March 2020, I found myself at Snape Maltings ...
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Lockdown commissions 3: Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés
In the third of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés for solo viola and drone, filmed in an empty Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.
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Review
Lawrence Power: MacMillan
Viola concerto is a 21st-century classic in the hands of a passionate advocate
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Lockdown commissions 2: Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One
In the second of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One, filmed in an empty Southbank Centre.
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Lockdown commissions 1: Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola
In the first of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, Lawrence Power plays Huw Watkins’s ‘Power’ for solo viola. Filmed by Jessie Rodger on the roof of St John’s, Smith Square. Stay tuned very soon for LC #2 - ‘Quartet for One’ ...
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News
Lawrence Power commissions new music to perform in empty venues
The violist has commissioned ten composers to write pieces for him to premiere in and on top of empty venues
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Blogs
Lawrence Power: life lessons from lockdown
The violist tells us what the lockdown has taught him about playing and teaching, and ponders the impact of the pandemic on the future of live music
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Feature
The promise of Youth: Postcard from London
The 2019 Highgate International Chamber Music Festival showcased a variety of repertoire performed in partnerships established especially for the event. But, says Tom Stewart , it is the festival’s commitment to educational outreach that is particularly admirable
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Lawrence Power plays a Brexit Polka
A timely little polka from British violist Lawrence Power. Listen carefully to hear all 28 (current) European national anthems.
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Janine Jansen and friends play Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence
The list of musicians for this performance of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence comprises: violinists Janine Jansen and Vilde Frang, violists Lawrence Power, Julian Rachlin and cellists Nicolas Altstaed, and Jens Peter Maintz.
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Review
Frang, Altstaedt, Power, Kelemen, Kokas: Veress, Bartók
Compelling live performances of folk-influenced Hungarian chamber works
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Concert review: Lawrence Power (viola) Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/Stefan Solyom
Andrew Mellor hears the British soloist perform in Helsingborg Konserthus, Denmark, on 14 March 2019
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Review
Vilde Frang: Bartók; Enescu
A performance to match the constant and staggering invention of Enescu’s Octet
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Review
Lawrence Power: Harold in Italy – Bergen Philharmonic/Andrew Manze
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy; La captive (arr. Manze). MARTINI Plaisir d’amour (arr. Berlioz/Manze). WEBER Andante e Rondo ungarese; Invitation to the Dance
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Lawrence Power performs Debussy's 'Beau Soir'
Our March 2018 issue cover star Lawrence Power performs the early Debussy song ‘Beau Soir’ with pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips This video was made during recording sessions for the 2016 album Fin de siècle from Hyperion.
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Focus
Violist Lawrence Power on conventional wisdom and not being shy of picking up the violin
The British viola virtuoso is held up as a champion of his instrument by many young players. But, as he tells Toby Deller, he is more interested in being an adventurous performer and teacher who’s prepared to challenge norms
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News
The Strad March 2018 issue is out now
Viola player Lawrence Power talks about playing different instruments, good string teaching and why it’s important to challenge conventional wisdom
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Article
Lawrence Power on the special qualities of the viola
Of all the stringed instruments, the viola is the greatest compromise acoustically…it shouldn’t really exist' Leading British violist Lawrence Power speaks about the special qualities of his instrument and performs excerpts from Esa-Pekka Salonen's Pentatonic Étude for solo viola and Walton's Viola Concerto with the Philharmonia ...
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Article
Fin de Siècle. Büsser: Appassionato. Chausson: Pièce. Debussy: Beau soir. Durosoir: Vitrail. Enescu: Concertstück. Hahn: Soliloque et forlane. Honnoré: Morceau de concert. Hüe: Thème varié. Ravel: Kad
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: Beautifully written Conservatoire test pieces, eloquently played Musicians: Lawrence Power (viola) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) Composer: Büsser, Chausson, Debussy, Durosoir, Enescu, Hahn, Honnoré, Hüe, Ravel, Vierne Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68165 The best-known item in this ...
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Julia Fischer, Leonidas Kavakos, Sigiswald Kuijken to perform in Southbank Centre's 2013–14 season
Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly today launched the London venue’s 2013–14 season, sounding alarm about developments in England’s cultural landscape. Referring to the government’s proposed English Baccalaureate qualifications, which leave music off the core areas of school study, she said: ‘We should be concerned that classical music may not ...
