Pinchas Zukerman conducts Elgar
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This event took place on Friday 29 March 2019.
- Friday 29 March 2019
Pinchas Zukerman conducts Elgar
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Need to know
Repertoire
- Elgar Serenade for Strings
- Elgar Enigma Variations
- Beethoven Violin Concerto
Features
- Pinchas Zukerman Conductor/Violin
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Five timpani strokes launch Beethoven’s lyrical Violin Concerto; its boldness and unprecedented scale was to set the pattern for the great concertos of the nineteenth century. Few would have anticipated the huge success of Elgar’s orchestral tour-de-force that is his 'Enigma' Variations, and which overnight elevated a moderately successful provincial composer to a national celebratory. His earlier Serenade for Strings is a work of immense charm.
Pre-concert talk Jonathan James discusses the programme, 6:30pm