Ross Pople is a New Zealand-born British conductor. He is the principal conductor of theLondon Festival Orchestra. He has worked with Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...

, Clifford Curzon

Clifford Curzon

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, David Oistrakh

David Oistrakh

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, Kentner, George Malcolm

George Malcolm

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, Sir Adrian Boult, Rudolf Kempe

Rudolf Kempe

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, Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

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, Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki

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, Michael Tippett

Michael Tippett

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, George Solti, Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

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, George Benjamin

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, John Casken

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, Edwin Roxburgh

Edwin Roxburgh

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, Luciano Berio

Luciano Berio

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, John Taverner

John Taverner

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, Malcolm Arnold

Malcolm Arnold

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, Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez

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  as well as many other major orchestras, choirs and soloists.

As an outstanding young cellist from New Zealand, Ross Pople was awarded scholarships to study in England at the Royal Academy of Music, the Paris Conservatoire and the Chigiana Academia, Siena. After graduating and at the age of 23 Yehudi Menuhin appointed Pople to be solo principal cellist of the Bath/Menuhin Festival Orchestra. He was subsequently appointed solo principal cellist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

In 1980 Ross Pople took up the helm of London Festival Orchestra and toured Germany. He quickly made LFO a household name through his summer festival titled Cathedral Classics, often directing from the cello. He has taken the LFO on tour throughout Europe, the Americas and the Far East. Also associated with Pople's name is the Southbank series Birthday Honours, the Hochhauser series at the Barbican, the annual Remembrance Sunday Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, the festival Dutch Cornucopia and the Virtuoso Piano series at Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall is a 900-seat capacity concert hall on Sloane Terrace in Chelsea / Belgravia in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom...

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Ross Pople is Artistic Director of The Warehouse, a studio space which hosts BBC3's recording of the New Generation Artists series, the British Music Information Centre (BMIC) contemporary series Cutting Edge and the resident Warehouse Ensemble.

Critics often site Pople's sound knowledge of the orchestra and repertoire which ensures effortless communication between composer, orchestra and audience. Pople has produced a large number of definitive performances and recordings and is acknowledged as an expert interpreter of contemporary music 

Pople has recorded some 80 discs for the Deutsche Grammophon

Deutsche Grammophon

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, Hyperion

Hyperion Records

Hyperion Records is an independent British classical record label.-History:The company was named after Hyperion, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. It was founded by George Edward Perry, widely known as "Ted", in 1980. Early LP releases included rarely recorded 20th century British music by...

 http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A209&f=Ross%20Pople, ASV

ASV Records

ASV Records is a London-based record label set up by Harley Usill, founder of Argo Records, Decca producer and former Argo General Manager, Kevin Daly, and producer Jack Boyce, after Argo's parent company Decca was bought by Polygram in 1980. ASV stands for "Academy Sound and Vision"...

 and Sony BMG Arte Nova labels http://www.sonybmgmasterworks.com/artists/rosspople/. These include the complete Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn

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 String Symphonies, Holst

Holst

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 The Planets, Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

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 Metamorphosen, Sinfonie Concertanti (by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Stamitz

Stamitz

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 and Mozart), symphonies of Schubert and Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn

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, Haydn's complete London Symphonies, Arnold

Arnold

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, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, César Franck

César Franck

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, Boccherini, Schoenberg

Schoenberg

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and more.

Discography

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Arnold - Sinfoniettas 1 - 3, Oboe Concerto Op. 39

Bach, J.S. - Brandenburg Concertos No.'s 1, 2 & 3

Bach, J.S. - Brandenburg Concertos No's 4, 5 & 6

Bach, J.S. - Musical Offering

Bach, J.S. - Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066, Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067

Bach, J.S. - Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069

Bach, J.C. - Symphonies Op. 3, No's 1 - 6

Bach, J.C. - 4 Sinfonies Concertantes

Boccherini - Symphonies 6 in D minor, 8 in A

Boccherini - Six Symphonies Op. 35

Boccherini - Four Symphonies Op. 37, No's 1, 3 & 4

Boyce - Symphonies

Britten - Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Simple Symphony

Christmas Collection - 'Festliche Suite' in A major, Shepherd's Music for Christmas and more

Copland - Appalachian Spring, Sextet for Clarinet, Piano & String Quartet

Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 1 - 6

Corelli - Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 7 - 12

Cornucopia - Two CD selection from the first 21 years Warehouse Records

Dvořak - Serenade for Strings Op.22, Serenade for Wind Op. 44

Elgar - Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings

Fauré - Highlights from 'Cathedral Classics'

Franck - Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, Cello Sonata

Grieg - Holberg Suite, Two Elegaic Melodies

Handel - Oboe Concerto's No.'s 1, 2 & 3, Flute Concerto

Handel - Water Music, Concerto Grosso Op.3, No. 3

Handel - The Messiah

Haydn - London Symphonies No.'s 1 - 12

Haydn & Stamitz - Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, Op.84 Hob1:105, Symphonie Concertante in C, for two violins

Holst - The Planets, A Fugal Overture

Holst - St. Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite

Janáček - Suite for Strings - Mładi, Idyll

Mendelssohn - The Complete String Symphonies

Mendelssohn - Symphonies 1 & 4, Hebrides Overture

Mendelssohn - Octet, Quintet

Mozart - The 2 Sinfonie Concertanti

Mozart - Sinfonie Concertante

Orff - Carmina Burana

Roxburgh - 'How pleasant to know Mr Lear', 'Dreamtime' for Flute & Orchestra

Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals, 'Wedding Cake' polka for Piano & Strings

Schoenberg/Strauss - Verklarte Nacht, Metamorphosen

Schubert - Symphonies 1 & 2

Schubert - Symphonies 3 & 4

Stravinsky - Pulcinella Suite, Appollon Musagete

Stravinsky - The Soldiers Tale (complete)

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending

Warlock - Capriol Suite, Serenade for strings

Wassenaer - Six Concerti Armonici