“My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us;
the world is full of it…”
-Edward Elgar
Listen below to movement I of Elgar’s spectacular Cello Concerto in E minor as performed by world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Elgar aficionado Daniel Barenboim:
Fun Fact:
Legend has it the opening theme of Elgar’s famous Cello Concerto was first imagined by the ailing composer (who is said to have suffered from an aberration of the mouth or throat at the time of composition) following his emergence from a slumber brought upon by a deep sedation allegedly administered to the 20th century English musician following a tonsillectomy (some reports list the procedure performed on the composer by a rather vague description of “dental surgery” – it remains uncertain which report is correct).
This would mean the much beloved Cello Concerto was – at least in part – composed (in the form of an outline) ‘under the influence’ of sedatives!
-Rose.
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