a violin sonata and a piano quintet – which had been given their first performances at the Wigmore Hall the previous May. Yet the Cello Concerto also harked back to Elgar’s last symphonic work ...

The cello looks like a violin - but bigger. You couldn't hold this under your chin! Instead, it rests on a spike which sticks into the floor and is held between the players legs and played with a bow.

It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument ... Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes C, G, D and A. How to ...