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He founded the In Harmony music education programme in 2007 and was Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for five years from 2015, during which time he oversaw the move to a new £57m building and the award of Royal status by Her Majesty the Queen. What does he feel is the current key topic that classical music should be addressing? “There are so many, but I think the key issue is around introducing all our children to music and this has to begin at primary school,” Julian says. “Throughout my life I have believed in introducing beautiful music to as many people as possible all over the world.” Julian is looking forward to returning to Lichfield and to the Cathedral, the venue for their late evening ‘Bach by Candlelight’ concert. It’s a suitably grand space for a composer whose appeal is so universal that two pieces of his music were sent into space on NASA’s 1977 Voyager space mission. JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER. PHOTO BY JOHN MILLAR JIAXIN LLOYD WEBBER ON STAGE “It’s a terrific Festival with a very wide choice of music to suit all tastes – and, of course, it has the most wonderful ‘concert hall’ in the Cathedral!” says Julian. “Pablo Casals, the cellist who first started to play the Cello Suites in public, said ‘The Cello Suites are the essence of Bach – and Bach is the essence of music’ – and he was right! It is wonderful music on so many levels and the Suites will sound marvellous in the Cathedral. “Both of us love performing in such beautiful and historic places – it brings an extra magic to the occasion. In the concert, I narrate the fascinating story behind the composition of the Suites while introducing performances of them by Jiaxin. It’s an extraordinary story: neglected for almost two hundred years, the Suites finally emerged from obscurity to become some of the most treasured pieces in the classical repertoire. They’ve been arranged for at least 20 different instruments – from the ukulele to the tuba and are even used as ringtones on mobile phones! Jiaxin will also play Malcolm Arnold’s Fantasy for Cello which Arnold composed for me in 1986. I may tell some stories about working with Arnold but they are mostly unrepeatable – especially in such hallowed surroundings!” ‘Bach by Candlelight’ is at Lichfield Cathedral on Sunday, July 16 at 9pm. Lichfield Festival runs from July 6 to 16. Full details are available at www.lichfieldfestival.org 8 www.jaimemagazine.com
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