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 ...

Notable for its charged musical energy, Introduction and Allegro mirrors In the South in its florid, dramatic string writing, ...

“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, ...

She moved on to lessons with the celebrated cellist William Pleeth (whom she nicknamed her ‘cello-daddy’) at the age of 10. At the age of 17 she astonished audiences and critics with her fiery ...

Review of the Isle of Wight Symphony Orchestra performance which started with Overture to the Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner.