PROGRAMME CHANGE AND CHANGE OF PERFORMERS!

A striking contrast of emotion, energy, and colour brought to life by outstanding artists. Elgar’s iconic Cello Concerto will be performed by Johannes Moser, while the second half of the evening will culminate in Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 2.

PROGRAMME

Grażyna Bacewicz
Overture for Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont, Overture

Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Witold Lutosławski
Little Suite for Orchestra

Albert Roussel
Bacchus et Ariane, Ballet Suite No. 2, Op. 43

PERFORMERS

Johannes Moser – cello
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Anna Sułkowska-Migoń – conductor
Clelia Cafiero – conductor

The English composer Edward Elgar reached the height of his fame during the first decades of the twentieth century. When he composed his Cello Concerto in 1918–19, he was burdened by fears of a creative crisis, despair over the devastation of war, and concerns about his declining health. Although the concerto is imbued with profound melancholy and personal nostalgia, Elgar succeeded in creating one of the greatest masterpieces of the cello repertoire—a work that continues to captivate audiences around the world to this day.