Elgar Symphony No.1 with Alexander Soddy

One of Mozart’s darkest piano concertos makes Elgar’s hope-filled First Symphony shine all the brighter in a Philharmonia Orchestra concert of contrasts. Sought-after conductor Alexander Soddy opens with Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis , music that seems to suspend time as divided strings unfold in luminous, spacious textures. Piotr Anderszewski is the soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.24, one of the composer’s darkest and most searching concertos, where elegance and turbulence are held in perfect balance.