Edward Gardner conducts Elgar

The music

Elgar Sospiri (5’) Listen
Elgar Cello Concerto (30’) Listen
Elgar Enigma Variations (32’) Listen

The performers

• Edward Gardner* conductor
• Jan Vogler cello

From sunbursts to sorrow, discover an Elgar you might not expect.

There’s only one Edward Elgar – or is there? For the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s Principal Conductor Edward Gardner, Elgar is more than just a national institution with a walrus moustache. He’s the haunted, autumnal poet of the Cello Concerto (composed among the Sussex Downs); he’s a wit, a statesman, a romantic and – above all – he’s the composer who poured out his soul in ‘Nimrod’, the unforgettable centrepiece of the Enigma Variations. You’ll hear all this and much more when we play both of these much-loved classics, with the great Jan Vogler – a legend among cellists – making a rare Eastbourne appearance.

*Edward Gardner’s position in the LPO is generously supported by Aud Jebsen.