The Brodsky Quartet present a programme of Elgar’s works to the Edinburgh New Town Concert audience, which were written during a creative retreat to the West Sussex countryside in 1919. The violin sonata (played by quartet first violin Gina McCormack and pianist Martin Roscoe) and the quartet are both written in E minor, the key of his famous Cello Concerto, which was also written at this time. They share many similarities in musical ideas and characterisation.

Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor Op 82
Elgar: String Quartet in E minor Op 83

Gina McCormack, violin
Martin Roscoe, piano
Brodsky Quartet

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Lindsay Pell
Photo credit: Sarah Cresswell Show less