What makes the Elgar Cello Concerto so powerful?

From its first powerful chords, it's one of the most heartrending pieces of music ever composed. Sharon Grigoryan introduces Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto.
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[@BlueSoulTiger]

Thanks to Sharon Grigoryan, this is a nice, little introduction to a lovely, haunting work. Would love to see this expanded to a fuller analysis of the entire concerto sometime.

[@fizahfizzy1845]

When Sophie Kauer played it in Tár movie

[@murdo_mck]

Heartrending is the right word. The music and the fate of the cellist who made it popular.

[@PhillipYewTree]

And the death of the son of a close friend.