‘Some of the colour is meant to be no more than a vague wash against which the solo cello defines itself.’ He went on to speak of ‘that poignant simplicity that has come upon Elgar’s music ...

The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well as in chamber music ensembles, string orchestras ... Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes C, G, D and A. How to ...

This darkness isn’t the book’s main note, but its presence is ... by the encompassing world of the cello. —Mr. Check is a professor of music at the University of Central Missouri.