Cello
See the cello in a new light as Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor.
A 300-year-old instrument becomes a screen in this unique film. Infrared cameras track the cello’s position allowing a digital projection to stay locked onto its surface as it moves.
The spotlight falls on the cello again at this year’s ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Proms. The 2016 season includes ten cello concertos, starting with Elgar's much-loved composition performed by Sol Gabetta on the First Night.
Elgar's Cello Concerto was his last major work and is a national treasure. It only became widely popular in the 1960s when a performance by Jacqueline du Pré caught the public imagination and became one of the best-selling classical recordings of all time.
(Created and filmed by 59 Productions.)
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Performer | Sol Gabetta |
Composer | Edward Elgar |
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