Work: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61

Kazuki Yamada and the CBSO give an aimless, flabby account of Elgar’s Violin Concerto, but a rambunctious reading of Walton is filled with delirious joy.

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Time stands still in Vilde Frang’s Elgar

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Mark Pullinger, 12 Sep

In an evening pairing two English classics, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symhony Orchestra in Elgar’s Violin Concerto and an out-of-this-world account of Holst’s The Planets.

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Jurowski tireless in ebullient Elgar and rare Enescu with the LPO

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Mark Pullinger, 13 Apr

Julia Fischer ends her London Philharmonic Orchestra spring residency with Elgar's Violin Concerto and a chamber encore which sees Jurowski turn to the piano.

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StockholmStrauss Don Juan

On demand from Konserthuset Stockholm: Stora Salen, No time limit

Elgar, Prestini, Strauss R.

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Speranza Scappucci; James Ehnes

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Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar

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Mark Pullinger, 02 Jun

Quintessentially English or establishment outsider? Elgar was seen as provincial – and was never more at home than in his beloved Malvern Hills – but he had a European outlook.