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 ...
We know him as the man who wrote the music used at graduations, but in Britain, Edward Elgar means a lot more. It's the 150th anniversary of the composer who gave the British "Pomp and Circumstance" ...
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, ...
The celebrated young American cellist walks us through her recording of this "devastating" concerto written just after the end of World War I. She... Alisa Weilerstein Plays Elgar: Exploring Music ...
Sir Edward Elgar, the Englishman who put English music back on the the international map early in the 20th century with his Enigma Variations, wrote his grand Violin Concerto in B-Minor in 1910. It ...
One of the pillars of the English choral tradition, Sir Edward Elgar’s “The Dream of Gerontius,” returns to Seattle in time for Christmas. The 100-minute oratorio, one of Elgar’s supreme achievements, ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Edward Elgar’s first symphony was a long time coming. But once the British composer finally put pen to paper at age 51, audiences at the time simply couldn’t get enough. But tastes ...
Bob Padgett's notes on Elgar's Enigma Variations . The Texas musician continues to search for hidden clues in the British composer's famous piece. Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A fifth album in Daniel Barenboim’s Elgar cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin comes out on Friday. By David Allen Daniel Barenboim and Edward Elgar ...