Northern Lights – New West Symphony

Sir Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto was his final major work. Written in 1919 at the end of World War I, the Concerto was Elgar’s lament for a lost world following the devastation of the war. Julie Albers, principal cello of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, makes her New West Symphony debut with this most eloquent and passionate work. The 1st Symphony of Jean Sibelius was an immediate success following its premier in 1900. Full of sweeping melodic invention, rhythmic vitality and imbued with the aura of his Finish homeland, the Symphony launched Sibelius’s career on the international stage.

Julie Albers, cello

Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor
Sibelius | Symphony No. 1