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Press Reviews for Bartholomew LaFollette

‘Bartholomew LaFollette was spellbinding in Sibelius’ impressive and rarely-heard Malincolia Opus 20 and fully captivating in Stravinsky‘s Suite Italienne, before Dinicu’s hora Staccato ended the evening brilliantly.'
Musical Opinion Purcell Room September 2007

‘Bartholomew LaFollette was the young soloist in Dvorák’s Cello Concerto. The concerto is on the scale of a symphony with a full orchestral exposition before the cello makes its dramatic entrance ….and what an entrance. LaFollette played with huge conviction and attack, drawing an enormous range of colours from the many fabulous tunes that characterize this lovely work.'
Newbury Weekly News November 2007

‘Bartholomew LaFollette’s approach to Haydn‘s delightful Cello Concerto in C was stylistic, elegant, poised, tasteful, technically brilliant and, together with the ICO, absolutely exhilarating.’
Irish Examiner Irish Chamber Orchestra in Cork April 2007

‘LaFollette…is an easy and graceful performer, and showed a rhythmically nimble facility of movement….he was as free in touching the heartstrings as he was in dashing off dazzling runs.’
Irish Times National Concert Hall Dublin with ICO April 2007

‘The 23-year-old virtuoso cellist captures the music’s courtly refinement as well as its earthy realism. LaFollette‘s phrasing has a static beauty in the Adagio’s rarefied atmosphere, but he reacts with effervescent energy to the capering gallop Takacs-Nagy drives in the Finale. His nimble fingering never allows of even one false move.'
Irish Independent National Concert Hall Dublin with ICO April 2007

‘The Haydn cello concerto proved a stunner, not least because it introduced to Dublin an outstanding new talent in cellist Bartholomew LaFollette. He is the first recipient of ICO’s Ardan award, as recently introduced patronage by the ICO for outstanding talent.'
Sunday Business Post Agenda National Concert Hall Dublin with ICO April 2007

To engage Bartholomew LaFollette for a concert please call us on 020 7379 8477 or contact us using the enquiry form.

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