Edward Elgar is the composer of the Pomp and Circumstances March, the protagonist of Victorian grandeur and solemnity. But Elgar is also a melancholic, a man full of self-doubt, whose scores can be full of question marks. His Cello Concerto in E minor, begun in the last year of the war in 1918, is a prime example of this. Not only the political events were reflected in the music, but also the concern for his sick wife Alice and the knowledge of the fragility of a humane culture. And so the work is covered in a varnish of melancholy; a farewell in which the solo instrument becomes the voice of the composer.

Two music enthusiasts immerse themselves in the works with the audience in a deep and at the same time lively way: Marcus Imbsweiler publishes novels, including stories about composers. Timo Jouko Herrmann is a composer, violinist and guest conductor of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra.

The work will be performed on March 24, 2026 at the Musikfestival with cellist Kian Soltani and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Eva Ollikainen. To the concert

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