The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

a violin sonata and a piano quintet – which had been given their first performances at the Wigmore Hall the previous May. Yet the Cello Concerto also harked back to Elgar’s last symphonic work ...

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Now living in London, his religious faith receding, Elgar turned his attention to what he considered to be the pinnacle of the composer’s art – the writing of a symphony. He achieved his ambition in ...

Acclaimed conductor Mark Prescott’s inaugural season with the orchestra continues in fine style with a concert featuring three attractive pieces. Richard Strauss's early tone poem Don Juan is an ...

What I would give for a recording of him playing Elgar’s Violin Concerto! Few other musicians speak to me so movingly. He was a violinist who spoke directly to one’s soul, and he left a rich recorded ...