Amateur music-making isn't just for amateurs. Edward Elgar had non-professionals in mind when he wrote his Serenade for Strings, but the pros play it, too. The International Sejong Soloists are at La ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. A spate of new recordings has brought Elgar’s symphonies once again to the fore. Ever since the Symphony No. 1 was ...

Symphony No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Serenade Edward Gardner, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer BBC Symphony Orchestra So far so good. Gardner ...

The songs were uncovered in Sir Edward Elgar's sketchbooks Two recently discovered songs by Sir Edward Elgar have been performed in public for the first time on the 156th anniversary of the composer's ...

In 2007, Andrew Davis and the Philharmonia embarked on a nationwide tour to mark the 150th anniversary of Elgar's birth. These performances stem from those concerts: the Enigma Variations was recorded ...

Cockaigne, 'In London Town' Thomas Beecham, Conductor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Edward Elgar, Composer Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' Edward Elgar, Composer Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ...

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule Add to your library of Elgar's music with these two recommendations from CD ...

Sir Edward Elgar is one of Britain’s best-loved composers, whose musical influences range from the likes of Brahms and Dvořák to Wagner. Here are 10 of his most memorable works. The Dream of Gerontius ...

The Elgar Museum is located in Lower Broadheath near Worcester Two newly discovered songs by Sir Edward Elgar have received their first public performances. The Muleteer's Serenade and The Millwheel ...

When Edward Elgar died in 1934, Alice Stuart Wortley, his close friend and muse for more than 30 years, wrote to his daughter: "He is our Shakespeare of music, born and died on the soil in the heart ...

Edward Elgar nursed his wounded pride when he was forced to make a professional retreat from London. No one seemed to care about the music he was writing. Back in the countryside in 1892, he wrote a ...