Elgar was a string-player, a violinist of considerable ability – the concerto and the sonata he wrote for the instrument are some of his most characteristic and personal works. Two works for string ...

Trafalgar Sinfonia under Ivor Setterfield plays Handel's 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba'; Elgar's Serenade for Strings; Purcell's Pavane; Handel's 'Air' from the 'Water Music'; Rutter's Suite for ...

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 ...

The San Diego Symphony continued their run of string serenade live streams on Friday, April 29. In February the symphony string section performed Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. In March is was ...

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 ...

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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 “Symphonies for Strings champagne concert No. 17 Elgar Serenade” by conductor Robert Ryker and the “Tokyo Sinfonia” will be held from 7 p.m. on Thursday night at Oji Hall in Ginza, Tokyo. The ...

Nick Bailey offers a feast of English music on tonight’s Full Works Concert, with the whole of the ever-popular Elgar Cello Concerto, as performed by Julian Lloyd-Webber. There’ll be a further eight ...

Middlesbrough Theatre, The Avenue, Linthorpe, presents London Concertante on Sunday, June 4, at 7.45pm, with a programme featuring Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Barber: Adagio, Holst: St Paul's Suite ...