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Anyone who thinks of Edward Elgar only in terms of Pomp and Circumstance or Last Night of the Proms should listen carefully to his Cello Concerto. There is perhaps no better work to approach the British late romantic composer. He composed this deeply emotional work under the impression of his beloved wife Alice's serious illness and confessed after her death: 'I cannot imagine ever completing another piece. The Cello Concerto was indeed to remain his last major composition. The work has long played an important role in Anastasia Kobekina's life. It is full of hope, she says. It has a desperate desire to fight, and at the same time it has these enchanting moments of joy and lightness. It is the centrepiece of Kobekina's great career, which the Alte Oper has been following closely for several years.
