Raphael Wallfisch performs Elgar
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This event took place on Sunday 12 March 2017.
- Sunday 12 March 2017
Raphael Wallfisch performs Elgar
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Need to know
Repertoire
- Wagner Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1
- Elgar Cello Concerto
- Beethoven Symphony No.7
Features
- Jac Van Steen Conductor
- Raphael Wallfisch Cello
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
In this concert, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra delves into pure orchestral emotion, beginning with Wagner’s Prelude to Act 1 from his Romantic opera Lohengrin. This piece is framed by shimmering violins that evoke a delicate loveliness to match the fairy-tale element to the opera.
Cellist Raphael Wallfisch takes centre stage for a performance of Elgar’s rich and noble masterpiece, his Cello Concerto. Considered to be the last great flowering of Elgar’s genius, the Concerto sweeps with melodic, autumnal beauty and remains one of the greatest examples of English music to date.
Closing the concert will be Beethoven’s stirring Symphony No.7; a wonderful blend of orchestral gravitas and swelling tunes which are used to great effect in the film The King’s Speech.