God Save the King” has never been the loveliest or most melodic of national anthems, and its somewhat chiding, aggressive ...
For the first piece that he presented at the renovated and reopened Powell Hall, Symphony Orchestra Conductor ...
Jerrold Northrop Moore, who has died aged 90, was an American academic who devoted much of his career to the British composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), sweeping up the biographical facts in the ...
British composer Edward Elgar wrote his cello concerto in 1919 — soon after the end of World War I — and it's suffused with the dark weight of that war. That in itself is noteworthy, because ...
You can listen to extracts of some of Sir Edward Elgar's most famous works. The Elgar Trail is a circular route around the two counties taking in many of the Elgar landmarks. Some unusual facts about ...
"I cannot do any real work with the awful shadow over us." English composer Edward Elgar wrote that to a friend during the dark days of World War I. He was living in a small cottage in Sussex. On ...
Acclaimed British cellist Paul Watkins performs with the Colorado Symphony this weekend as the featured soloist on Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Watkins, who became principal cellist of the BBC ...
The September version of The San Diego Mainly Mozart Festival concluded with two spectacular concerts on Friday, September 17, and Saturday, September 18. At the final concert, Mainly Mozart CEO Nancy ...
The curtain-closing performance of the annual festival celebrating one of Worcestershire's favourite sons will feature some of today's greatest musicians. This year's Elgar Festival will draw to a ...
Arthur Kristian Edward Elgar, 70, a carpenter and descendant of composer Edward Elgar, died Sunday, April 9, in his home in Wonder Lake. Mr. Elgar was born in England but came to the United States in ...