Edward Elgar- Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

Edward Elgar

 

 (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934)

was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs.

He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47

 

                           Concert in Bellinzona (Switzerland) on Mai 19th, 2011

              Leader LIVIU PRUNARU, MENUHIN ACADEMY ORCHESTRA

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New Russian Quartet Julia Igonina, violin Elena Kharitonova,

violin Alexander Galkovsky, viola Alexey Steblev, cello Eduard Grach,

conductor Moscovia Chamber orchestra

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         Benjamin Britten conducts the English Chamber Orchestra

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                                         Toscanini NBC 1940

 

Sir Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, was composed in 1905 for

performance in an all-Elgar concert by the newly formed London Symphony Orchestra. Scored for string quartet and string orchestra, Elgar composed it to show off the players' virtuosity.^[1]

Though initial critical reception was lukewarm at best, the score soon came to be recognized as a masterpiece. The work, which is roughly twelve to fourteen minutes in length, is like a multi-layered symphonic poem for string orchestra, with several prominent themes.

The work is dedicated to Samuel Sanford, who had been instrumental in having Elgar awarded an

honorary doctorate of music at Yale University on 28 June 1905,^[2] where the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 was played for the first time at such a conferral ceremony