{{Short description|New Zealand-born British conductor}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} '''Ross Pople''' (born 11 May 1945) is a New Zealand-born British conductor. He is the principal conductor of the London Festival Orchestra. He has worked with Yehudi Menuhin, Clifford Curzon, David Oistrakh, Kentner, George Malcolm, Sir Adrian Boult, Rudolf Kempe, Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutosławski, Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Tippett, Georg Solti, Leonard Bernstein, George Benjamin, John Casken, Edwin Roxburgh, Luciano Berio, John Tavener, Malcolm Arnold, Pierre Boulez as well as many other major orchestras, choirs and soloists.
As an outstanding young cellist from New Zealand,<ref>Loppert, Max: The Financial Times, 24 June 1977</ref> 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.<ref>Surrey Herald, 11 November 1976</ref>
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,<ref>J.L., Observer, 11 June 1987</ref><ref>S.J.W., Oxford Observer, June 1987</ref><ref>Anthony Payne, The Independent</ref><ref>Ripon Gazette, 26 June 1987</ref><ref>Western Mail, 27 June 1987</ref> often directing from the cello. He has taken the LFO on tour throughout Europe,<ref>Allgauer Zeitung, 24 October 1987</ref><ref>Der Tages Spiegel, 25 Oktober 1987</ref> the Americas<ref>Mark Pappenheim, The Independent, 18 January 1990</ref> 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<ref>Richard Morrison, The Times, 17 September 2007</ref><ref>Robert Maycock, The Independent, 19 September 2007</ref> and the Virtuoso Piano series at Cadogan Hall.<ref>Robert Matthew-Walker, Musical Opinion, December 2006</ref><ref>Max Harrison, Musical Opinion, June 2007</ref>
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 cite Pople's sound knowledge of the orchestra and repertoire which ensures effortless communication between composer, orchestra and audience.<ref>The Gramophone, April 1992</ref> Pople has produced a large number of definitive performances and recordings and is acknowledged as an expert interpreter of contemporary music<ref>NRC Han, 8 September 2007</ref>
Pople has recorded some 80 discs for the Deutsche Grammophon, Hyperion, ASV and Sony BMG Arte Nova labels. These include the complete Mendelssohn ''String Symphonies'', Holst ''The Planets'', Richard Strauss ''Metamorphosen'', Sinfonie Concertanti (by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Stamitz and Mozart), symphonies of Schubert and Mendelssohn, Haydn's complete ''London Symphonies'', Arnold, Stravinsky, Vaughan Williams, César Franck, Boccherini, Schoenberg and more.
==Discography== '''Arnold''' – Sinfoniettas 1 – 3, Oboe Concerto Op. 39<br /> '''Bach, J.S.''' – Brandenburg Concertos No.'s 1, 2 & 3<br /> '''Bach, J.S.''' – Brandenburg Concertos No's 4, 5 & 6<br /> '''Bach, J.S.''' – Musical Offering<br /> '''Bach, J.S.''' – Suite No. 1 in C major BWV 1066, Suite No. 2 in B minor BWV 1067<br /> '''Bach, J.S.''' – Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068, Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069<br /> '''Bach, J.C.''' – Symphonies Op. 3, No's 1 – 6<br /> '''Bach, J.C.''' – 4 Sinfonies Concertantes<br /> '''Boccherini''' – Symphonies 6 in D minor, 8 in A<br /> '''Boccherini''' – Six Symphonies Op. 35<br /> '''Boccherini''' – Four Symphonies Op. 37, No's 1, 3 & 4<br /> '''Boyce''' – Symphonies<br /> '''Britten''' – Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Simple Symphony<br /> '''''Christmas Collection''' '' – 'Festliche Suite' in A major, Shepherd's Music for Christmas and more<br /> '''Copland''' – Appalachian Spring, Sextet for Clarinet, Piano & String Quartet <br /> '''Corelli''' – Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 1 – 6<br /> '''Corelli''' – Concerti Grossi Op. 6, No.'s 7 – 12<br /> '''Cornucopia''' – Two CD selection from the first 21 years Warehouse Records<br /> '''Dvořák''' – Serenade for Strings Op.22, Serenade for Wind Op. 44<br /> '''Elgar''' – Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings<br /> '''Fauré''' – Highlights from 'Cathedral Classics'<br /> '''Franck''' – Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, Cello Sonata<br /> '''Grieg''' – Holberg Suite, Two Elegiac Melodies<br /> '''Handel''' – Oboe Concerto's No.'s 1, 2 & 3, Flute Concerto<br /> '''Handel''' – Water Music, Concerto Grosso Op.3, No. 3<br /> '''Handel''' – The Messiah<br /> '''Haydn''' – London Symphonies No.'s 1 – 12<br /> '''Haydn & Stamitz''' – Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, Op.84 Hob1:105, Symphonie Concertante in C, for two violins<br /> '''Holst''' – The Planets, A Fugal Overture<br /> '''Holst''' – St. Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite<br /> '''Janáček''' – Suite for Strings – Mładi, Idyll<br /> '''Mendelssohn''' – The Complete String Symphonies<br /> '''Mendelssohn''' – Symphonies 1 & 4, Hebrides Overture<br /> '''Mendelssohn''' – Octet, Quintet<br /> '''Mozart''' – The 2 Sinfonie Concertanti<br /> '''Mozart''' – Sinfonie Concertante<br /> '''Orff''' – Carmina Burana<br /> '''Roxburgh''' – 'How pleasant to know Mr Lear', 'Dreamtime' for Flute & Orchestra<br /> '''Saint-Saëns''' – Carnival of the Animals, 'Wedding Cake' polka for Piano & Strings<br /> '''Schoenberg/Strauss''' – Verklarte Nacht, Metamorphosen<br /> '''Schubert''' – Symphonies 1 & 2<br /> '''Schubert''' – Symphonies 3 & 4<br /> '''Stravinsky''' – Pulcinella Suite, Appollon Musagete<br /> '''Stravinsky''' – The Soldiers Tale (complete)<br /> '''Vaughan Williams''' – Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending<br /> '''Warlock''' – Capriol Suite, Serenade for strings<br /> '''Wassenaer''' – Six Concerti Armonici
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