in which the 30-year-old violinist said highly flattering things about Elgar’s music, and wished he would write something for violin. Elgar eventually got down to composing the concerto in ...

Today, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius is a national monument. But at its first performance in Birmingham, 105 years ago, the music was thought daring, even difficult, while the subject matter ...

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Worcester first heard Edward Elgar’s music but did little to encourage him. Nor did England, until after Europe had approved him. Nor did Edward Elgar’s father, who, in spite of being the town ...

Elgar from the Abbey—what could be more fitting? From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord, first performed in Westminster Abbey in 1912, to the quiet devotion of the opus 2 Ave verum and Ave Maria ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) wrote very little solo music for the organ, despite the fact that he was for a short time a professional organist. Given this ambiguous nature of Elgar’s relationship with ...

A CHAMBER choir is set to perform at the Elgar Festival for the first time. The Proteus Ensemble will perform at the annual celebration of the life and music of Worcestershire’s most famous composer, ...

The annual celebration of Worcestershire's most famous composer will take place ... The event will feature the music of Elgar, his contemporaries, and some of today's leading composers and arrangers.