Edward Elgar dedicated his 1911 symphony No. 2 to the memory of Edward VII who died in May 1910. But Elgar told friends that the symphony represented everything that had happened to him from April ...

Starlight Express, Overture and Finale (Indianapolis Symphony, Raymond Leppard, conductor; Koss Classics). Elgar: Symphony No. 1; Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 and 2 (Baltimore Symphony, David ...

(Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra; Seraphim SIB-6033: two records). Its rich and spacious slow movement alone makes Elgar’s long symphony worth hearing. Barbirolli pours on the sound.

Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony. Elgar's Belated Symphony: Majestic, Noble And Perfectly British Elgar's Belated Symphony: Majestic, ...

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At the rehearsal for the December 1908 London premiere of the Symphony No. 1 by Edward Elgar, conductor Hans Richter said to the musicians, "Gentlemen, let us now rehearse the greatest symphony of ...

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 ...

The Boston Philharmonic performed Schumann’s “Manfred Overture,” Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and Elgar’s Symphony No. 1—a symphony seldom included on orchestral programs outside Britain—for a full ...