Late in his life, Edward Elgar found himself composing in a world transformed by the First World War. His Cello Concerto was ...

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. Much of Edward Elgar’s ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule 1 Adagio – Moderato The Cello Concerto was the last important work that ...

Cellist Sol Gabetta will release a new album featuring Saint-Saëns and Lalo cello concertos recorded with LES SIÈCLES, with a new single from ...

Gerald Finzi’s Cello Concerto was his last completed work, first performed in 1955, a year before his death. It is also by a long way his most substantial orchestral score – Paul Watkins’ performance ...

Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...

Cellist Guy Johnston discusses his new recording of Arthur Bliss’s Cello Concerto, his return to the UK, teaching and British repertoire Guy Johnston joins Hattie Butterworth to discuss his latest ...

Heitor Villa-Lobos is seen as a one-hit wonder – but virtuoso cellist Antonio Meneses's new CD shows the variety in his work Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose ...

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 Symphony ...