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Elgar's Cello Concerto

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Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's piece of music. From November 2000.

Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber talks about what it's like to play this work, and Tim Dinsley shares the way in which he and his daughter Jo used this music to support them as she was dying. And Michael Kennedy discusses why this piece has such an impact on people.

Series about music that makes the hairs stand up on the back of our necks.

Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in November 2000.

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Wed 22 Apr 2020 00:30

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Composer Edward Elgar

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  • Fri 28 Aug 2015 18:30
  • Sat 29 Aug 2015 00:30
  • Tue 21 Apr 2020 18:30
  • Wed 22 Apr 2020 00:30

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