Elgar Cello Concerto
Classics V
Elgar Cello Concerto
For our season finale, we welcome the return of Amit Peled to perform Elgar’s sublime Cello Concerto in E minor, a work considered to be the greatest cello concerto of the twentieth century.
Saturday May 10, 2025, 7:30pm
San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center
Concert Sponsor: Friends of Pat & Ben McAdams: Jim Gealy, Minke WinklerPrins, Julia Meyer & Fred Kaseff, Heather Billing, Cathy & Richard Luckett, LeeAnne & George Fisher
Soloist Sponsor: Cricket Handler and Jerry Boots
Program Details
Felix Mendelssohn
Overture to The Hebrides, Op. 26
- Composed 1830
- Revised 1832
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Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
- Composed 1919
- Featuring Amit Peled
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Stefan Podell
Rise
- World premiere
- Commissioned by Ingrid and Carol Siegel
- Dedicated to Ben McAdams
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8, Op. 88
- Composed 1889
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Preview
See our soloist, Amit Peled, performing excerpts from the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Enhance Your Experience
Symphonic Foray
- Sponsored by Cal Poly
- Go behind the scenes with Maestro Sewell, soloist Amit Peled and other special guests
- Learn more about the history of the music
No Ties Allowed
- Sponsored in honor of Cricket Handler
- See how the orchestra prepares for a concert
- Perfect for “symphony curious” and those with younger children
- Begins at 11:00am
- Free to all
Symphony in Bloom
For the first time ever, the SLO Symphony is turning the season finale concert into a gala event. Symphony in Bloom is our updated and upgraded annual fundraising event, to be held at the Performing Arts Center. Cocktails, dinner, and silent and live auctions will precede the concert. After the concert, the party continues with a dessert reception with our esteemed Symphony musicians.
More about the Program
Maestro Andrew Sewell presents the program with Len Jarrott on Monarch Radio.
Listen In
Enjoy this curated playlist of the concert program in Apple Music and Spotify.