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Reviews
"The work has the immediate appeal and directness of utterance of many of Britten's most striking works…" The Guardian, June 1974
Third Suite for Cello
solo cello
Third Suite for Cello
Wigmore Hall (London, United Kingdom)
Philip Higham
Faber Music at the 2026 Aldeburgh Festival
Premieres from Tansy Davies, Tom Coult, and Lisa Illean
Faber Music at the 75th Aldeburgh Festival
Premieres from Tom Coult, alongside 60th anniversary production of Curlew River and music from Imogen Holst and Carl Vine
'Third Suite for Cello' reviews
'The musical invention is very rich, the cello writing even more masterly than before...the most extraordinary individual movement is surely the Recitative, a fantastic succession of special effects put into idiosyncratic uses.'
William Mann, The Times, June 1974