Philharmonia Orchestra London / Christian Tetzlaff / Rouvali

Musical colossus

»If you want to know whom I consider to be the greatest living composer, I say without hesitation, Edward Elgar. I place him on an equal footing with my idols Beethoven and Brahms. I wish Elgar would write something for the violin«, said the famous violinist Fritz Kreisler in a newspaper interview in 1905. His wish was granted and five years later, Kreisler performed the premiere of Elgar’s Violin Concerto in London.