🇬🇧 Opening violin entrance of the majestic concerto by Sir Edward Elgar! What are your favourite concerto beginnings? This is one of my absolute favorite pieces, and this January performance with the magnificent Dallas Symphony Orchestra and & Fabio Luisi was a real joy. This has been an important part of my repertoire since my first performance in 2005 with London Symphony Orchestra and the greatly missed Richard Hickox. | James Ehnes

Watch a remarkable archival footage of Itzhak Perlman presenting Elgar’s three-movement Violin Concerto in B at the Royal Albert Hall. Accompagnied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Perlman offered us a passionate rendition of a piece dedicated to the legendary Fritz Kreisler. https://bit.ly/43KODlf | medici.tv

Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B Minor Op. 61 premiered on this day in 1910 | Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society of London, Elgar said of the work: "It's good! Awfully emotional! Too emotional, but I love it!” | The first performance was given by Fritz Kreisler, with Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra | In this clip, violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the work with conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky and the BBC Symphony Orchestra | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.co

Thanks to everyone who came to watch the legendary Frank Peter Zimmermann playing Elgar’s Violin Concerto with us this weekend. Here’s a sneaky clip from rehearsals to start your Monday 🎻 | London Philharmonic Orchestra