Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, Alisa Weilerstein
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First World War Commemoration Concert
Programme to include:
Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto
Interval
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.3 (Pastoral)
Three masterworks composed within just a few years of each other that meditate upon the appalling carnage of the First World War.
Approached from strikingly different ways, they range from Ravel's tantalising Neo-Classical restraint and the impassioned nostalgia of Elgar to Vaughan Williams's haunting eloquence that Holst considered 'his very essence.'
Philharmonia Orchestra
One of the top orchestras in the UK. Since its formation in 1945 it has made thousands of recordings, as well as giving over 100 concerts per year.
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Alisa Weilerstein
Outstandingly talented American cellist who made her concert debut at the age of 13. 'Weilerstein’s cello is her id. She doesn't give the impression…
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Royal Festival Hall
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Royal Festival Hall
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