Summary: Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Mar 3-5. The fiery buzz of The Wasps makes a lively start to a concert devoted to two of England's most beloved composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar. Sir Mark Elder conducts three of their characteristic masterpieces, crowned by Elgar's First Symphony, recognized as one of the greatest symphonies of the 20th century.
