- William Lloyd Webber
Lento in E Major for Strings
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Programme Note
William Lloyd Webber’s Lento for Strings is a comparatively early work composed in 1939. During its short (six minutes) timespan it explores an intricate, intensely chromatic world of densely-textured string writing reminiscent of late Richard Strauss or early Schoenberg. A fascinating discovery.
Media
A performance of William Lloyd Webber's Lento for Strings by Richard Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia on the cd Invocation
Reviews
Lento is brooding and intense; its intricate and hyper-expressive harmonies echo late Mahler or early Schoenberg...
September 1998