Much as I love exploring lesser-known repertoire, there are times when I wonder if the wealth of works for cello and piano is finite … and then something else turns up. So I’m really pleased about the works on my forthcoming disc with pianist Duncan Honeybourne for Prima Facie. Not only have Duncan and I recorded the magnificent Sonata by E. J. Moeran, we are presenting it alongside Moeran’s ... View Post

I may have mentioned Percy Sherwood before: born 1866, English father, German mother, very high-profile career in Dresden, stranded in Britain in the summer of 1914, no career in England until his death in 1939. When I recorded Sherwood’s complete extant works for cello and piano, I had to start the CD notes from scratch, as practically nothing has ever been written about him. I went through all ... View Post

I have known composer Francis Pott for many years now, and 2019 saw the first musical fruits of our friendship. Francis writes music of great lyricism and complexity, and I had the extraordinary experience of giving two performances of Francis’s Cello Sonata, on consecutive days. The work is epic in its emotional scope and has been defined in the press as one of the finest British chamber works of ... View Post

My quest for repertoire for cello and piano that needs a wider audience continues. I have recently been working on a CD for EM Records of works from the 1920s. All decades are arguably equally ripe for exploration, but the 1920s were a period of musical ferment. The Great War had inevitably left its mark, and in the cello repertoire we see engagement with the modernism prevalent on the Continent, ... View Post