Although she died in 1987, the image of cellist Jacqueline du Pré still resonates as one of the most recognised and beloved ...

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 ...

ELGAR Sea Pictures (c/w Symphonies 1 & 2; Enigma Variations; Cello Concerto; Chanson de nuit; Chanson de matin; Elegy for String Orchestra; Overture ‘Cockaigne’; Froissart; Contrasts from ...

“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 ...

At the age of 17 she astonished audiences and critics with her fiery performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a work that has remained synonymous with her name ever since. Du Pré embarked on a ...

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, ...

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