A Warm Hello From Britain

CWG-AW-150Christopher Warren Green begins his official tenure as Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra with an all-Elgar concert. Due to our agreement with the CSO, this concert is not available on-demand.

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Elgar: Enigma Variations

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Christopher Warren Green, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

(Photographs by Wiley Stewart for WDAV)

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Christopher Warren-Green, on stage at the Belk Theatre, conducting an all-Elgar program with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

Listen to Warren-Green explain the importance and power of music in his life:





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Christopher Warren-Green joins WDAV's Jennifer Foster and Joe Brant.

Jennifer and Warren-Green discuss the challenges of programming a season, and the all-Elgar first concert:





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Alisa Weilerstein was the soloist for Sir Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85.

Jennifer Foster and Alisa Weilerstein discuss playing the concerto, so long associated with cellist Jacqueline Du Pre, and her husband, conductor Daniel Barenboim:





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Christopher Warren-Green and the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

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WDAV's Jennifer Foster opens the show by introducing Christopher Warren-Green.

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