BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Elgar’s hits
orchestral
Sun 03
Jun
2018
-15.00
| introduction by Francis Maes | 14.15 |
| start | 15.00 |
| expected end time | 16.55 |
| with break | |
All prices include booking fees.
Melancholy and virtuosity: Britannia rules
Edward Elgar’s music sounds much like his personality: warm, extrovert, brilliant, deeply introspective and melancholic. His 1919 Cello Concerto resounds with the horror and suffering of World War I. This gives it a certain sombreness, but the cello also gets every opportunity to sing, in dramatic monologues and moments of virtuosity. That virtuosity is also apparent in the mysterious Enigma Variations, which also delight because of their Wagnerian pathos and lyricism.
programme
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, opus 85
Enigma Variations, opus 36
performers
BBC Scottish Orchestra: orchestra
Martyn Brabbins: conductor
Nicolas Altstaedt: cello
Sun 03
Jun
2018
-15.00
| introduction by Francis Maes | 14.15 |
| start | 15.00 |
| expected end time | 16.55 |
| with break | |
All prices include booking fees.
