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, ...

There will also be movements from Mendelssohn’s early Oratorio St Paul, with Isobelle Palmer performing his famous anthem ...

But throughout the Western World last week a mighty marching tune reverberated. Sir Edward Elgar, 76, was dead in Worcester, England. He was Britain’s foremost composer. Master of the King’s ...

(5-CD set also features performances conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Landon Ronald, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Georg Solti and Sir Charles Mackerras) LPO 0016-0020 (5-CD, budget) ...

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 ...

Show more The BBC Philharmonic perform one of the most well-known and much-loved pieces in the British classical music canon, Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, filmed at Manchester’s ...

The new bill depicts Adam Smith The Bank of England has announced that the £20 banknotes depicting composer Sir Edward Elgar are to be removed from circulation from 30 June. The Elgar notes are ...

birthday. Sir Edward Elgar, Sir London Ronald, Sir Hugh Allen, Lord Justice Greer and Viscountess Snowden spoke, and telegrams of congratulation to Sir Frederick were received from the Guildhall ...

The British Library has acquired previously unknown sketches and drafts by Sir Edward Elgar for his famous 'Introduction and Allegro for Strings', a significant addition to the library’s collect ...