Ashkenazy: Elgar Symphony No. 1

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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, United Kingdom

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Programme

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Rosamunde, D.797: Overture
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)	Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K364 (K320d)
Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)	Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, Op.55

Performers

Vladimir Ashkenazy	Conductor
Veronika Eberle	Violin
Antoine Tamestit	Viola
Philharmonia Orchestra

Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Elgar's First Symphony. Instantly a triumph, following the symphony's première a review in the 1908 Daily Mail proclaimed: 'It is quite plain that here we have perhaps the finest masterpeice of its type that ever came form the pen of an English composer'. Alongside, Mozart's spritely Concertante for Violin and Viola is a master of invention, full of glorious melodies which beautifully weave their way from one soloist to the next.

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Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia

Nick Boston, 17th March

Lively and joyful Schubert, elegant Mozart, and urgency, pace and exhilarating command in Elgar from Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia.

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