Another one of Mozart's musical miracles, his Symphony No. 41 in C major, the "Jupiter," is part of the great triptych of symphonies that marked the end of his symphonic output. “It is other-worldly ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1923) is one of England’s greatest composers, best known for big works like his “Enigma Variations,” the violin and cello concertos, the oratorio “The Dream of Gerontius” and, ...

IGOR MARKEVITCH: Cantique d’amour (1936). L’envol d’ Icare (Icarus’ Flight) (1932). Concerto Grosso (1936). Christopher Lyndon-Gee conducting the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra. Naxos 8.572153 ...

No soldiers paraded, no trumpets blared, no drums rolled out an elegy. But throughout the Western World last week a mighty marching tune reverberated. Sir Edward Elgar, 76, was dead in Worcester, ...

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO ( 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.

Sir Edward Elgar was a regular visitor to Settle from 1882. There are plans to celebrate the link between one of England's greatest classical composers and a market town in North Yorkshire. Sir Edward ...

Soon after the Enigma Variations took the world by storm at the end of the 19th century, England’s great composer Edward Elgar learned how to ride a bicycle. That in itself was common enough at the ...

When Edward Elgar unveiled his first symphony in 1908, it was hailed as the greatest British symphony ever written. The London papers were ecstatic. The Morning Post wrote, "This is a work for the ...

AN orchestra co-founded by Sir Edward Elgar will return to Worcester for the 2025 Elgar Festival. Worcestershire Symphony Orchestra, featuring conductor Keith Slade, will perform at All Saints Church, ...