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 ...

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 ...

Those drawn-out opening chords are some of the most memorable in all music. Stern, sensitive and dramatic, they connect this 20th century masterpiece with another monolith of the repertoire, Bach's ...

Concerto for Cello Northern Sinfonia Claudio Cruz, Violin Hans Gál, Composer Antonio Meneses, Cello Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Antonio Meneses, Cello Edward Elgar, Composer Claudio Cruz, Violin ...

Anna Clyne’s impressive new work is a cello concerto inspired by Persian poetry and outshining the familiar Elgar work in Inbal Segev’s performance Dance is Anna Clyne’s hugely impressive new cello ...

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Alisa Weilerstein, Musician, Cello Daniel Barenboim, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Berlin Staatskapelle Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Elliott (Cook) Carter, ...

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 ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Add to your library of Elgar's music with these two recommendations from CD ...

Two of Elgar's greatest hits - the Cello Concerto and the Enigma Variations - are part of tonight's celebration of his life and music. Tonight's all-Elgar concert opens with the Pomp and Circumstance ...

The Cello Concerto was the last important work that Elgar wrote. Its first performance, in October 1919, with the composer himself conducting, opened the first post-war season of the London Symphony ...