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CBSO Elgar's Cello Concer...
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Wed 1 Dec 2:15pm Symphony Hall

Tune after tune after tune. There’s a good reason why Elgar’s Cello Concerto routinely tops polls to find Britain’s favourite piece of classical music; its haunting melodies and suppressed passion make it perhaps the single most "English" piece of music ever written. Grieg’s first _Peer Gynt_ suite, meanwhile, is simply a deliciously colourful parade of tunes you’ll already love - from the radiant _Morning_ to the notorious _Hall of the Mountain King_. For conductor Andrew Manze, they’re both secret passions - as is the romantic, gloriously life-affirming Second Symphony by the “Swedish Sibelius” Wilhelm Stenhammar. Begun in 1911, this is its first CBSO performance, though when you hear it, you’ll wonder what took us so long!
*Andrew Manze* _conductor_ *Torleif Thedéen* _cello_
*Grieg* _Peer Gynt_ Suite No. 1 13’ *Elgar* Cello Concerto 26’ *Stenhammar* Symphony No. 2 40’
Celebrity Recital: Natali... Birmingham International Concert Season 2010/11
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Fri 6 May 2011 7:30pm Town Hall

Few British performers have caught the public’s imagination as much as cellist Natalie Clein. Her programme includes Rachmaninov’s great Sonata, one of his most passionate and poetic works. BBC Music magazine’s Editor, Oliver Condy, explains why he has recommended tonight’s concert: “A natural, charming musician, Natalie Clein is the foremost cellist of her generation. She came to prominence after winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 1994 with a spell-binding performance of Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a work she recorded with great acclaim for EMI Classics.”
*Natalie Clein* _cello_ *Katya Apekisheva* _piano_
*J S Bach* Solo Cello Suite No 2 in D Minor 18' *Shostakovich* Cello Sonata in D Minor 29' *Sibelius* _Malinconia_ 13' *Rachmaninov* Cello Sonata in G Minor 33'
Julian Lloyd Webber plays... Orchestra of the Swan
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Wed 8 Jun 2011 2:30pm Town Hall

Orchestra of the Swan finish their season in suitable style with Elgar’s masterpiece, his cello concerto performed by Julian Lloyd Webber, their Artist in Association. Vaughan Williams’ Wasps overture sets the scene and they conclude with Brahms’ sunniest symphony, his symphony no 2 in D major.
*Julian Lloyd Webber* cello *David Curtis* conductor
*Vaughan Williams* The Wasps *Elgar* Cello concerto *Brahms* Symphony no2