Ludlow Arts: Classical

Saturday 22 November 2025

7:30pm

St Laurence, Ludlow

Graham Walker: cello
Ludlow Orchestra
Leader: Claire Tocknell
Conductor: Jonathan Lyness

Haydn: Symphony in G major, Hob.I/100, Military
Saint Saëns: Cello concerto in A major, Op.38
Louise Ferrenc: Symphony in G minor, Op.36

Haydn's ever-fresh Symphony No.100, gets its nickname Military from the allegretto second movement which prominently features trumpets and drums. The symphony is the second of Haydn's second set of 'London' Symphonies composed for his second visit in 1794.

Saint Saëns's first cello concerto is one of the world's greatest, and according to some, the greatest full stop.

Louise Ferrenc is a most unjustly neglected composer, mainly due to masculine disdain for her womanhood. She was a virtuoso pianist of the early romantic period and a composer of great skill and sensitivity greatly admired in her lifetime by Robert Schumann and many others. Her third symphony is widely accepted as very fine, some say a 'masterpiece'

Graham Walker is an award-winning cellist and conductor who combines an active career directing choirs and orchestras with solo and chamber cello playing around the world.

Graham’s discography reflects his wide musical interests: his first recording as a conductor, made when he was just 22, featured the music of Jean Mouton, a 16th-century Flemish composer, much of whose music was being recorded for the first time; while his most recent album with his Latin-American group Classico Latino (Salsa Classics) was warmly received by critics, concert-goers and salsa nightclub DJs alike.

Graham’s work with Classico Latino has led him to discover the wealth of the Latin American musical repertoire, music which is almost entirely unknown outside the continent. With the group he has toured South America on several occasions, and in 2011 he was awarded a plaque live on Colombian national television in recognition of his 'outstanding contribution to Colombian Andean music'.

Graham is Director of Music at Emmanuel College Cambridge and Director of Cambridge University Schola Cantorum.

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