Delius(ed A Summers)  The Walk to the Paradise Garden  Bloch ‘Schelomo‘ – Hebraic Rhapsody       solo cello – Alice McVeigh  ElgarSymphony No. 2  The season opens with Delius’s seductive and melodious ‘Walk’, a perennial concert hall favourite. In ‘Schelomo’, Bloch personifies the cello as the reincarnated voice of King Solomon, giving the virtuoso soloist a magnificent emotional range. Our symphony celebrates the 150th birthday of arguably this country’s greatest composer with his wonderful evocation of Edwardian England.  |