BBC Proms: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP , [Venue Details]Le Figaro called him a ‘new cello genius’. Now prize-winning Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his Proms debut with Elgar’s achingly passionate concerto.
He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a programme that measures out the griefs, conflicts, and shifting identities of the 20th century – opening with Webern’s lushly Romantic 1908 Passacaglia, whose sequence of intricate variations finds a ghostly echo in the finale of Walton’s Second Symphony.
Premiered in 1960, the latter work looks back rather than forwards, rejecting the avant-garde in favour of a dense, Expressionistic intensity.
Programme
Webern Passacaglia 11’
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor 30’
Interval
Walton Symphony No. 2 28’
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Admission: To be confirmed
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Pablo Ferrández - cello, Vasily Petrenko - conductor
Other key names: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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BBC Proms: Elgar’s Cello Concerto
Sunday, 16 Aug 2026 @7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2APMore Information
Le Figaro called him a ‘new cello genius’. Now prize-winning Spanish cellist Pablo Ferrández makes his Proms debut with Elgar’s achingly passionate concerto.
He joins Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for a programme that measures out the griefs, conflicts, and shifting identities of the 20th century – opening with Webern’s lushly Romantic 1908 Passacaglia, whose sequence of intricate variations finds a ghostly echo in the finale of Walton’s Second Symphony.
Premiered in 1960, the latter work looks back rather than forwards, rejecting the avant-garde in favour of a dense, Expressionistic intensity.
Programme
Webern Passacaglia 11’
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor 30’
Interval
Walton Symphony No. 2 28’
Admission: To be confirmed
Event Type: seated
Seating: Reserved
Performer name: Pablo Ferrández - cello, Vasily Petrenko - conductor
Other key names: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Doors open: 6:30 pm
Age restriction: Not recommended for U5's
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