All Elgar articles
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ReviewReview round-up: BBC Proms 2021
Peter Quantrill attends the cream of the strings crop during this year’s Proms season at the Royal Albert Hall
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Janine Jansen: 12 Stradivari
Some first-class performances of much-recorded violin cornerstones
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Renaud Capuçon: Elgar
Gallic elegance brings a fresh perspective to these introspective works
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British Music For Strings I
Welcome start to a new series of 20th-century British string music
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Gautier Capuçon: Emotions
A collection of popular encores that strikes exactly the right note
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Dai Miyata: Elgar, Vaughan Williams/Matthews
Short but sweet: a convincing completion of an unfinished work
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Jennifer Pike: Elgar, Vaughan Williams
Rare and well-known repertoire with a twist combine in an irresistible release
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Inbal Segev: Clyne, Elgar
Well-pitched and assertive playing in cello concertos both old and new
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Video
Andreas Brantelid performs Elgar on Stradivarius cello
The performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy was recorded in 2019
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Review
Concert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on the performance at London’s Barbican, 19 December 2019
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Video
Prepare with Nicky: Part 1 - who is Elgar
In the first of Nicola Benedetti’s ‘Prepare with Nicky’ series, the violinist is focusing on Edward Elgar. Benedetti says: ‘Elgar is certainly one of the most beloved British composers and we felt it fitting to play a piece of music by him with our Advanced Orchestra at The Benedetti ...
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Premium ❘ Feature
A Human Heart
To mark the centenary of the completion and premiere of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, cellist Raphael Wallfisch reflects upon the period and circumstances surrounding the work’s creation and subsequent life
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Review
Ning Feng: Elgar and Finzi violin concertos
Old-fashioned violin virtuosity makes a case for these two concertos
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Video
Elgar tribute from Bavarian State Orchestra strings
A string septet from the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, on tour in London, plays Land of Hope and Glory in the Barbican foyer on Elgar’s birthday
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Review
Clare Howick, John Paul Ekins: British Music for Violin and Piano
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gorgeous musical miniatures spark to life in the hands of experts Musicians: Clare Howick (violin) John Paul Ekins (piano) Works: ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor op.82; Three Characteristic Pieces; and works by Bridge, ...
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Blogs
How Schumann’s suppressed Violin Concerto made history – and the ideal subject for a novel
A glamorous violin virtuosa, a hidden masterpiece, a ouija board, Nazis, Ravel’s Tzigane. It’s not hard to see why author Jessica Duchen was attracted to the story of Jelly D’Arányi. As her novel becomes a UK touring concert, she writes about the strange facts behind the fiction
