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Sentimental Work: Rosalind Ventris on Elgar’s Violin Concerto

2025-10-03T09:34:00

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Early recordings of Elgar’s Violin Concerto opened up a new world of expressive possibilities for the British violist – despite her never having played it

Elgar’s Violin Concerto has been with me since I was young. It’s a very affecting, moving piece that fundamentally shaped the way that I think about music. That said, I’ve never actually performed it or even practised it! I played both the violin and viola until I was 18, when I switched to viola almost exclusively, before I had the opportunity to tackle the concerto, which is one of the hardest in the repertoire…

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