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Earth, Sea, Air

Bridge, Frances-Hoad, Walton

Laura van der Heijden
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor

Frank Bridge
Oration (Concerto elegiaco)
for Solo Cello and Orchestra
1. Poco lento - Lento e ritmico
2. Allegretto
3. Ben moderato (poco lento) - Poco lento
4. Allegro giusto - Tranquillo
5. Ben moderato, mesto e tranquillo - Cadenza - [ ] - Cadenza
6. Allegro
7. Lento
8. Epilogue. Andante tranquillo

Cheryl Frances Hoad
Cello Concerto "Earth, Sea, Air"
premiere recording
1. Earth. Allegro - Poco meno mosso - Tempo I - Rubato - Andante - Meno mosso
2. Sea. Larghetto - Adagietto - Poco accelerando
3. Air. Presto giocoso - Poco meno mosso

William Walton
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
1. Moderato - A tempo I, ma poco meno mosso
2. Allegro appassionato
3. Tema ed improvvisazioni
   • Lento - Con moto - Lo stesso tempo - Poco meno mosso
   • Risoluto, tempo giusto. Brioso - Meno mosso
   • Allegro molto
   • Rapsodicamente
   • A tempo [Moderato], ma un po'' più lento - Adagio

Path to the Moon

Laura van der Heijden
Jâms Coleman

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Schönste Nacht, Op.36 No.25 (1946)
Duet for Voices and Piano from "Die stumme Serenade"

George Walker
Cello Sonata in A minor (1957)
1. Allegro passionato – Molto meno mosso – Più mosso – Molto più mosso – Tempo I – Molto meno mosso – Più mosso
2. Sostenuto
3. Allegro – Presto

Lili Boulanger
Reflets in F sharp minor (1911)
for Voice and Piano, à Mr et Mme Paul Gentien, performed with Cello and Piano
1. Sans lenteur – Plus lent

Florence Price
Night in C (1946)
for Voice and Piano, arr. for Cello and Piano by Tom Poster
1. Andante

Benjamin Britten
Sonetto XXX in G (1940)
No.3 from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo for Tenor and Piano
1. Andante tranquillo

Benjamin Britten
Sonata in C, Op.65 (1960-61)
1. Dialogo. Allegro – Animato – Tranquillo – Tranquillo
2. Scherzo-pizzicato. Allegretto
3. Elegia. Lento – Poco a poco crescendo ed animando – Largamente
4. Marcia. Energico
5. Moto Perpetuo. Presto

Achille-Claude Debussy
Beau soir, L6 in E (c. 1880, revised 1890–91)
for Voice and Piano, arr. for Cello and Piano by A. Grechaninov
1. Andante ma non troppo – Più lento

Gabriel Fauré
Clair de lune in B flat minor, Op.46 No.2 (1887)
(Menuet) from Deux Mélodies
1. Andantino quasi Allegretto

Achille-Claude Debussy
Cello Sonata in D minor, L135 (1915)
1. Prologue
2. Sérénade
3. Finale

Toru Takemitsu
Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear? in B flat (c.1992)
for Chorus, arr. for Voice and Piano by Henning Brauel

Nina Simone
Everyone’s Gone to the Moon in G (1965/1969)
Transcribed for Cello and Piano by Jâms Coleman

Achille-Claude Debussy
Clair de lune in D flat (c.1890, revised 1905)
Cello part arranged c.1925 by Ferdinando Ronchini, Piano part arranged c.1924 by Alexandre Roelens
1. Andante très expressif – Tempo rubato – Un poco mosso – En animant – Calmato – Tempo I

Pohádka

Tales from Prague to Budapest

Laura van der Heijden
Jâms Coleman

Leoš Janácek
Pohádka
1. Con moto - Un poco più mosso
2. Con moto - Adagio - Con moto
3. Allegro - Un poco meno mosso

Zoltán Kodály
Cello Sonata, Op.4 (1909-10)
1. Fantasia
2. Allegro con spirito

Antonín Dvorák
Als die alte Mutter, Op.55 No.4, B104, S73 (1880)

Zoltán Kodály
from Three Songs to Poems by Béla Balász, Op. Post. No.1
1. Mért is mondod, hogy nem szeretsz (Why are you saying you do not love me)

Zoltán Kodály
from Énekszó: dalok népi versekre
Op.1 No.9 (1907-09)
1. Vékony a pókháló (Slender is a sild thread)

András Mihály
Mouvement (1963)

Viteszslava Kaprálová
Navždy, Op.12 No.1 (1936-37)

Zoltán Kodály
Sonatina (1909)

Leoš Janácek
Violin Sonata, JW VII/7 (1914-15, revised 1916-22)
1. Con moto - Meno mosso
2. Ballada
3. Allegretto - Meno mosso
4. Adagio - Un poco più mosso

Mozart Piano Quartets

Francesca Dego, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Frederico Colli, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in G minor, KV 478
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondo. Allegro moderato

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in E flat, KV 493
1. Allegro
2. Larghetto
3. Allegretto

Reynaldo Hahn, Piano Quintet, Songs, Piano Quartet

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Karim Sulayman, tenor
Elena Urioste, violin
Savitri Grier, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Tom Poster, piano

Reynaldo Hahn
À Chloris (1913), No. 14 from Vingt Mélodies, Second Recueil, arr Tom Poster
1. Très lent – [ ] – Tempo I

Reynaldo Hahn
Quand je fus pris au pavillon (1899), No. 8 from Douze Rondels
1. Vite, très légèrement

Reynaldo Hahn
Quintet (1920–21) in F sharp minor
1. Molto agitato e con fuoco – Calme – Calmando
2. Andante (non troppo lento) – Sans ralentir
3. Allegretto grazioso – Poco più animato – Stringendo

Reynaldo Hahn
Le Rossignol des lilas (1913), No. 15 from Vingt Mélodies, Second Recueil, arr Tom Poster
1. Modéré, mais sans lenteur et avec élan – À peine retardé

Reynaldo Hahn
Chanson d’automne (1887 –90), No. 1 from Sept Chansons grises, arr Tom Poster
1. Lent et triste – Retenez

Reynaldo Hahn
L’Énamourée (1891), No. 5 from Vingt Mélodies, Premier Recueil, arr Tom Poster
1. Assez lent – Retenez – Retenez encore

Reynaldo Hahn
Quartet (1946) in G major
1. Allegretto moderato – Plus calme
2. [Sérénade.] Allegro assai
3. Andante – Très calme – En animant – Calmez
4. Allegro assai

Reynaldo Hahn
La Barcheta (1901), No. 2 from Venezia, Six Chansons en dialecte vénitien, arr Tom Poster
1. Andantino con moto, ma languido – Stesso tempo

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Elena Urioste, violin
Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Chi-Chi Nwanoku, double-bass
Tom Poster, piano

Felix Mendelssohn
Sextet in D, Op.post.110, MWV Q16
1. Allegro vivace
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto. Agitato - Trio - Menuetto da capo
4. Allegro vivace - Agitato - Allegro con fuoco

Fanny Cacilie Hensel (née Mendelssohn)
Trio in D minor, Op.11, H-U 465
1. Allegro molto vivace - Animato - [Tempo I] - Animato - [Tempo I]
2. Andante espressivo
3. Lied. Allegretto
4. Finale. Allegro moderato - Più vivace - Animato

Fanny Cacilie Hensel (née Mendelssohn)
Quartet in A flat, H-U 55
1. Allegro moderato
2. Larghetto - Doppio movimento - Tempo I
3. Tempo di Minuetto - Presto

Coleridge-Taylor

Early Chamber Works

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Armand Djikoloum, oboe
Matthew Hunt, clarinet
Amy Harman, bassoon
Ben Goldscheider, horn
Elena Urioste, violin
Savitri Grier, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Xavier Foley, double-bass
Tom Poster, piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Nonet in F minor, Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum'
1. Allegro moderato - Tranquillo - [ ] - Tranquillo
2. Andante con moto - Più lento
3. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio - Scherzo da capo
4. Finale. Allegro vivace - Tranquillo - Più presto - Più presto

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Trio in E minor
1. Moderato. Con espressione - Allegro con moto
2. Scherzo. Allegro leggiero
3. Finale (Con Furiant). [ ] - Allegro con furiant

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Quintet in G minor, Op.1
1. Allegro con moto - Agitato - Largo
2. Larghetto - Agitato - [Tempo I]
3. Scherzo - Trio - Scherzo da capo
4. Allegro molto - Vivace - Con fuoco

American Quintets

Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Elena Urioste, violin
Melissa White, violin
Rosalind Ventris, viola
Laura van der Heijden, cello
Tom Poster, piano
Matthew Rose, bass

Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, Op.67 (1907)
1. Adagio
2. Adagio espressivo
3. Allegro agitato

Samuel Barber
Dover Beach, Op.3 (1931)

Florence Beatrice Price
Piano Quintet in A minor (ca 1935)
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Andante con moto
3. Juba. Allegro
4. Scherzo. Allegro

Schubert

Brodsky Quartet
Krysia Osostowicz, violin
Ian Belton, violin
Paul Cassidy, viola
Jacqueline Thomas, cello
Laura van der Heijden, cello

Franz Schubert
Quintet in C, Op.post.163, D956
1. Allegro ma non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto - Tempo I - Scherzo da capo
4. Allegretto - Più allegro - Più presto

Franz Schubert
Quartet in C minor, D703 "Quartettsatz"
1. Allegro assai

Inside Performance

Interview by
Sophie Hamilton

Laura Van Der Heijden - Managing performance anxiety and finding what works for you

1948

Laura van der Heijden
Petr Limonov

Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata in C, Op.119 (1949)
1. Andante grave
2. Moderato
3. Allegro non troppo

Yuri Shaporin
5 Pieces, Op.25 (1956)
1. Prelude
2. Valse
3. Intermezzo
4. Aria
5. Scherzo

Nikolai Myaskovsky
Sonata No.2 in A minor, Op.81 (1948)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante cantabile
3. Allegro con spirito

Anatoly Lyadov
Prelude in B minor, Op.11 No.1 (1885)
1. Moderato