''And the Bridge Is Love'' is a work for cello and strings by the English composer

Howard Goodall Howard Lindsay Goodall (; born 26 May 1958) is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programmes for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 2008, he was na ...

(b. 1958). It is also the title track of the recording of the same name by

Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme. Early years and education Julian ...

and the

English Chamber Orchestra The English Chamber Orchestra (ECO) is a British chamber orchestra based in London. The full orchestra regularly plays concerts at Cadogan Hall, and their ensemble performs at Wigmore Hall. The orchestra regularly tours in the UK and internationall ...

, released in 2015. ''And the Bridge Is Love'' was commissioned by the Chipping Campden Festival and premiered in 2008. It is dedicated to a young cellist, Hannah Ryan, a close family friend of the Goodalls who died in 2007 at the age of seventeen.

Track listing

# "Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47" by

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...

# "Sospiri, Op.70" by

# "The Moon" by

William Lloyd Webber William Southcombe Lloyd Webber (11 March 1914 – 29 October 1982) was an English organist and composer, who achieved some fame as a part of the modern classical music movement whilst commercially facing mixed opportunities. Besides his long ...

# "And the Bridge Is Love" by

# "Prelude from ‘Charterhouse Suite’" by

Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams, (; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...

# "Serenade for Strings" by

# "Two Aquarelles" by

Frederick Delius Delius, photographed in 1907 Frederick Theodore Albert Delius ( 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934), originally Fritz Delius, was an English composer. Born in Bradford in the north of England to a prosperous mercantile family, he resisted atte ...

# "Chanson de Nuit" by

# "Chanson de Matin" by

# "Two Pieces for Strings from Henry V" by

William Walton Sir William Turner Walton (29 March 19028 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include ''Façade'', the cantat ...

# "A Downland Suite: No. 3 Minuet"' by

John Ireland John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 – March 21, 1992) was a Canadian actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in ''All the King's Men'' (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Oscar nomina ...

External links

And the Bridge is Love album
reviews
Julian Lloyd Webber's website

YouTube excerpt of "And the Bridge is Love"

Howard Goodall talks about the inspiration behind the music

Howard Goodall's website
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