Tamsin Waley-Cohen and Huw Watkins relish the expanse of Respighi, but seem more at home with Debussy and Elgar It's their year of composition, 1917, that links the four works for violin and piano in ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Elgar Violin Concerto’ by Nicola ...

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin London Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor Yet ...

The glossy promotional presentation and the admiring tone of the sleeve notes for his debut disc really do British violinist Charlie Siem no favours at all. You half expect to hear that he's sat on ...

About Elgar’s Violin Concerto, Diana McVeagh once commented: ‘To listen to the Violin Concerto is at times like eavesdropping on a private conversation – or even a confessional – so inward is its ...

Sir Edward Elgar, the Englishman who put English music back on the the international map early in the 20th century with his Enigma Variations, wrote his grand Violin Concerto in B-Minor in 1910. It ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is exactly 100 years since Elgar’s Violin Concerto was first performed at the old Queen’s Hall in London.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Symphony is set to captivate audiences with its second Florida Blue Classical concert of the 2024/25 Season, titled Sibelius’ Violin & Elgar’s Enigma. The event ...

The Music Elgar’s Violin Concerto was one of the great triumphs of his career. ‘For a quarter of an hour they recalled the man who had achieved a triumph not only for himself, but also for England,’ ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The appeal of a major romantic concerto to international violinists has lifted Elgar’s concerto out of the ...

Tackling Elgar’s Violin Concerto, a mighty peak of the repertoire, takes courage. Rival versions include recordings by Nigel Kennedy and the youthful Yehudi Menuhin. But Nicola Benedetti is undaunted ...