Beatrice Harrison
Born: 9th December 1892, Roorkee, India
Died: 10th March 1965, Surrey, England
Nationality: British
Beatrice Harrison was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others, particularly the first recording of Elgar’s cello concerto in 1920 with the composer conducting.
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Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello
The cellist talks about his new album of British Romantic works for cello and piano with pianist Andrew West, out now on Somm.