from the Royal Festival Hall,
London.
Antonio Meneses (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Handel, arr Elgar Overture in D minor
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
8.10 Interval
When his Second
Symphony was premiered, Elgar made his famous comment about the audience: "What is the matter with them....? They sit there like a lot of stuffed pigs." To discuss the piece and its significance in the composer's output, biographers Jerrold Northrop Moore and Michael Kennedy are joined by lecturer Robert Meikle and Stephen Banfield , Elgar Professor of Music at
Birmingham University. Rpt
8.30 Elgar Symphony No 2 Sponsored by Land Rover