Completed in 1919, the Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar's last major work for orchestra, and his most confessional. In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic release, it's dominated by disillusionment, ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Adagio – Moderato The Cello Concerto was the last important work that ...

The biggest repertoire draw here was meant to be Edward Elgar's glorious Cello Concerto, with Daniel Barenboim conducting, paired with two other works: Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto and Max Bruch's ...

On Sunday 27 October, Julian Lloyd Webber will present a special programme commemorating 100 years of Elgar’s Cello Concerto. On 27 October 1919, Elgar took to the stage at Queen’s Hall in London. And ...

Sterling Elliott triumphs over the Royal Albert Hall in this note-perfect rendition of the first and second movements of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto for Classic FM Live with Viking. Accompanied by ...

As the piece turns 100, Ivan Hewett pays tribute to one of the great works of the 20th century This year marks the centenary of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a piece that is dear to the heart of so ...

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Somebody once said that the way Elgar chooses to open his Cello Concerto, with those tortured chords sounding as if they have to be excavated from the cello face, is as if Shakespeare had started ...

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer Mario Venzago, Conductor Sol Gabetta, Cello Sospiri Danish National Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer ...

Edward Elgar is one of this country’s finest composers but a string of inadequate performances and his popularity among ‘the wrong sort’ do him no favours One of the mysteries of London musical life ...

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. Much of Edward Elgar’s ...

Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...