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, ...
Arguably the most instantly recognisable and dramatic pieces of music ever written for the instrument, Elgar’s Cello Concerto is one of the greatest pieces of music written in the early 20th century.
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 ...
That’s how Edward Elgar, at the age of 62 in 1919, summarized his “Cello Concerto.” writes about classical music for The Hamilton Spectator.
One hundred years ago this summer, Edward Elgar completed a concerto that became one of the linchpins of classical cello repertoire. The piece was thrust into popular consciousness more than four ...
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 ...
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein gives bold performance of Elgar Concerto with Cleveland Orchestra (review)
New music (or at least relatively recent music) turned the tables on the usual order of things Thursday night at Severance Hall when Giancarlo Guerrero conducted works by Arvo Pärt and John Adams with ...
"I cannot do any real work with the awful shadow over us." English composer Edward Elgar wrote that to a friend during the dark days of World War I. He was living in a small cottage in Sussex. On ...
Cello virtuoso Johannes Moser joins the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor Bertrand de Billy in a performance of Edward Elgar’s beloved concerto. “Elgar’s concerto has its connections ...
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, ...
To some, it remains simply the greatest recording in the history of classical music. Its earliest reviewers instantly recognised what one of them called its "rarest magic." And still, more than 50 ...
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