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 Sympho ...

“I’m extremely excited to be playing the first movement of Elgar’s cello concerto with some of the best young musicians in the area, “ Feng told SYO about her piece this year. “I love th ...

there’s a final magnificent autumnal flourish with his Cello Concerto, String Quartet and Piano Quintet and then…nothing. After his wife’s death in 1920, Elgar lost the urge to create (he tried hard, ...

Then to follow we had the gifted Finn Mannion to play Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Rarely does a composer appeal so directly to the listener as in this concerto. The interpretation by soloist, conductor, ...