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Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.
Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe. He felt himself to be an outsider, not only musically, but socially. In musical circles dominated by academics, he was a self-taught composer; in Protestant Britain, his Roman Catholicism was regarded with suspicion in some quarters; and in the class-conscious society of Victorian and Edwardian Britain, he was acutely sensitive about his humble origins even after he achieved recognition. He nevertheless married the daughter of a senior British army officer. She inspired him both musically and socially, but he struggled to achieve success until his forties, when after a series of moderately successful works his Enigma Variations (1899) became immediately popular in Britain and overseas. He followed the Variations with a choral work, The Dream of Gerontius (1900), based on a Roman Catholic text that caused some disquiet in the Anglican establishment in Britain, but it became, and has remained, a core repertory work in Britain and elsewhere. His later full-length religious choral works were well received but have not entered the regular repertory.
Daniel Barenboim (German: [baːrənboim], Hebrew: דניאל ברנבוים; born 15 November 1942) is an Argentine-Israeli pianist and conductor, who also is a citizen of Palestine and Spain. He is general music director of the Berlin State Opera, and the Staatskapelle Berlin; he previously served as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and La Scala in Milan. Barenboim is known for his work with the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, a Seville-based orchestra of young Arab and Israeli musicians, and as a resolute critic of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
Barenboim has received many awards and prizes, including an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, France's Légion d'honneur both as a Commander and Grand Officier, and the German Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz and Willy Brandt Award. Together with the Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said, he was given Spain's Prince of Asturias Concord Award. He has won seven Grammy awards for his work and discography. Barenboim is a polyglot, fluent in Spanish, Hebrew, English, French, Italian, and German.
Elgar:Cello Concerto in E minor Op.85 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Cello:Yo-Yo Ma Live in Japan
Jacqueline du Pre, cello, with London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor op 85 + Sospiri op. 70... Sospiri at 30:33 Danmarks Radio SymphonyOrshesrta - Stephan Deneve 36:09 This is a slightly improved and FULL reupload of the previous splitted upload from March 15. 2010. Enjoy Sol Gabetta in this concert HD (1280x720p) without playlist and INTERRUPTIONS by shift to next video.
1st Movement of Elgar's Cello Concerto as performed by cellist Jacqueline Du Pre with Daniel Barenboim conducting the London Philharmonic in 1967.
Excerpt of the film "Jacqueline du Pré in Portrait" Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, excerpt of the first movement Performed by Jacqueline du Pré Produced by Christopher Nupen ----- Subscribe to the channel for more content: https://goo.gl/GLSuto Find more informations about Jacqueline du Pré: http://www.allegrofilms.com/jackie
Yo-Yo Ma with Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago SO in this performance from 1997. This concerto will forever be associated with Jaqueline duPre, but YYM gives a performance that is beyond breathtaking. It is fitting that Barenboim is the conductor; I'm sure he feels this concerto is still in very good hands.
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85, his last notable work, is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire. Elgar composed it in the aftermath of the First World War, when his music had already gone out of fashion with the concert-going public. In contrast with Elgar's earlier Violin Concerto, which is lyrical and passionate, the Cello Concerto is for the most part contemplative and elegiac. The first performance was a debacle because Elgar and the performers had been deprived of adequate rehearsal time. The work did not achieve wide popularity until the 1960s, when a recording by Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became a classical best-seller.
More information: http://bbc.in/29Azab4 A 300-year-old cello becomes a screen in this unique film. Infrared cameras track the cello’s position allowing a digital projection to stay locked onto its surface as it moves.
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 00:00 1. Adagio - Moderato 08:04 2. Lento - Allegro ma non troppo 12:40 3. Adagio 17:00 4. Allegro - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo Sol Gabetta Mario Venzago Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Gimnazija Kranj Symphony Orchestra on Great Christmas Concert 2012 - Between Heaven and Earth in Cankarjev dom (Gallus Hall). With one of the best world's young solo cello player Maruša Bogataj we perfomered famous Elgar piece. It is special magic moment, filled with poetry, nostalgia and love with our youth orchestra on sold out concert. Maruša is devoted member of our orchestra and in this evening she looks gorgeous. She is like a princess of music, with ray of God in her eyes. Legendary. Personal. Unforgettable. Must watch. Under conductor maestro Nejc Bečan; Concert master: Matjaž Bogataj; florist: Ivo Uršič; scenography: Jernej Kejžar; light: Cankarjev dom: director: Primož Zevnik Maruša Bogataj has now contrct as solo cellist with RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra (2015) Currenty s...