Julian Lloyd Webber - 48 Hours in Shanghai
Travel documentary, presenting artists and musicians on the road, as they discover cities they tour in. Ep1 with Julian Lloyd Webber in Shanghai, China.
Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber has made many outstanding recordings including his Brit-Award winning Elgar Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin (chosen as the finest ever version by BBC Music Magazine).
He has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Lorin Maazel, Neville Marriner and Georg Solti to Stephane Grappelli, Elton John and Cleo Laine. Julian has given more than fifty works their premiere recordings and has inspired new compositions for cello from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold and Joaquin Rodrigo to James MacMillan and Philip Glass. His recording, Phantasia, is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera and features violinist, Sarah Chang. Unexpected Songs, was released during 2006.
He has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Lorin Maazel, Neville Marriner and Georg Solti to Stephane Grappelli, Elton John and Cleo Laine. Julian has given more than fifty works their premiere recordings and has inspired new compositions for cello from composers as diverse as Malcolm Arnold and Joaquin Rodrigo to James MacMillan and Philip Glass. His recording, Phantasia, is based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera and features violinist, Sarah Chang. Unexpected Songs, was released during 2006.
We joined Julian on tour in Asia, as he left the sanctum of his hotel and his usual tour routine of rehearsing with his c.1690 'Barjansky' Stradivarius cello, to discover the wonders of Shanghai.
