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,[1] Ross Pople was awarded scholarships to study in England at the Royal Academy of Music, the Paris Conservatoire and the Chigiana Academia, Siena.
He quickly made LFO a household name through his summer festival titled Cathedral Classics,[3][4][5][6][7] often directing from the cello.
These include the complete Mendelssohn String Symphonies, Holst The Planets, Richard Strauss Metamorphosen, Sinfonie Concertanti (by J.S.
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.
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 Elegiac Melodies Handel – Oboe Concerto's 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