Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor *Forest Glade Music with which the budding composer

with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public

somewhat challenging showpiece

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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor *Forest Glade Music with which the budding composerIn the summer of 1919, shortly after the end of World War I, the composer wrote this four movement work at the age of 62. In October of the same year, it was premiered by Felix Salmond Solo and the London Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Elgar himself. The famous performance by Jacqueline du Pr (1945 1987), a female cellist who experienced a tragic second half of her life, is widely known, and is a popular cello concerto work that is on par