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Elgar's Cello Concerto

Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's piece of music. From November 2000.

Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber, Michael Kennedy and Tim Dinsley reflect on the special impact of Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Julian Lloyd Webber talks about what it's like to play this work.

Tim Dinsley shares the way in which he and his daughter Jo used this music to support them as she was dying.

And music writer Michael Kennedy explores why this piece has such an impact on people.

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Producer: Rosie Boulton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2000.

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ComposerEdward Elgar

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