now, 20—year—old sheku kanneh—mason is set to play sir edward elgar‘s poignant cello concerto at the bbc proms, 100 years after elgaro concerto in e minor, written 100 years ago, immortalised byjacqueline du pre in the mid—1960s. she was a 20—year—old cello prodigy then, just as sheku kanneh—mason is now. her performances are very inspiring. i have taken lots of inspiration from her playing. definitely, when i was younger, i wanted to be her. but it will be him front and centre at the proms, giving his version of elgar‘s famous concerto. for me, it's one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. to perform in here is going to be very, very special. elgar wrote it after the first world war, about which he was incredibly disturbed, and it's a very sad piece, in that regard. how does it resonate, 100 years on? it is a terribly sad piece, and i think, although of course i have not experienced anything even close to anyone who lived through the first world war has, but even just by listening to this piece and playing this piece and trying to understand the music, i think a lot of that comes across really clearly. he

old sheku kanneh—mason from nottingham is set to play sir edward elgar‘s poignant cello concerto at the bbc proms — a hundred years after elgarundred years ago, immortalised by jacqueline du pre in the mid—1960s. she was a 20—year—old cello prodigy then. just as sheku kanneh—mason is now. her performances are very inspiring. i have taken lots of inspiration from her playing. definitely when i was younger, i wanted to be her. but it will be him, front and centre at the proms, giving his version of elgar‘s famous concerto. for me, it is one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. to perform in here, is going to be very, very special. elgar wrote it after the first world war, about which he was incredibly disturbed, it is a very sad piece in that regard. how does it resonate a hundred years on? it is a terribly sad piece and i think, although of course i have not experienced anything even close to anyone who lived through the first world war has, but even just by listening to this piece and playing this piece, i have tried to understand the music and i think a lot of that comes across really clearly. he comes from an extra

now, 20—year—old sheku kanneh—mason is set to play sir edward elgar‘s poignant cello concerto at the bbc proms, 100 years after elgar, when i was younger, i wanted to be her. but it will be him front and centre at the proms, giving his version of elgar‘s famous concerto. for me, it's one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. to perform in here is going to be very, very special. elgar wrote it after the first world war, about which he was incredibly disturbed, and it's a very sad piece, in that regard. how does it resonate, 100 years on? it's a terribly sad piece. and i think, although of course i've not experienced anything even close to someone who's lived through the first world war has, but even just by listening to this piece and playing this piece and trying to understand the music, i think a lot of that comes across really clearly. he comes from an extraordinary family. all seven children are exceptional musicians, with his elder sister, a gifted pianist, leading the way. what we had was quite rare. the fact that we went to state schools that supported music and had music, that's very rare. and in fact