Elgar’s Cello Concerto
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This event took place on Friday 9 June 2023.
- Friday 9 June 2023
- Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Fri 9 Jun 2023
Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Need to know
Repertoire
- Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
- Elgar Cello Concerto
- Dvořák Symphony No.8
Features
- Rory Macdonald Conductor
- Guy Johnston Cello
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Location
Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra makes a much-anticipated return to the De La Warr Pavillion for a concert of beautiful classics. The evening opens with Mendelssohn’s magical Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The fairies and enchanted woodlands of Shakespeare’s play captivated Mendelssohn from an early age, inspiring him to write accompanying music. From the opening notes of the overture he perfectly captured the mood of bickering lovers, shimmering sprites and
magical forests.
Guy Johnston will then perform Elgar’s famous and deeply heartfelt 1919 Cello Concerto. Partly a lament for the First Wold War, and written in the autumn of his life, it yearns for a simpler, untainted past.
Completing the programme, Rory Macdonald conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No.8. Infused with Dvořák’s Czech heritage, this Romantic symphony combines soaring string themes, roaring brass, atmospheric ercussion and dancing woodwind.