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, ...

Daniel Cariaga, a music critic at The Times, does not much care for the symphonies of Edward Elgar. Witness these excerpts taken from his reviews over the years: * First Symphony [May 6, 1995]: “Given ...

Sometimes the greatest works of art, literature and music start out as nothing more than doodles. So it was in October 1898, when the English composer Edward Elgar returned home after a tiresome day ...

Guest conductor Sir Mark Elder leads the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas on Oct. 28, 2021. Jason Janik / Special Contributor The English often display an ...

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 ...

Elgar: The Third Symphony forces everyone to rethink their estimate of its composer - Hulton Archive/Getty Images Elgar died 90 years ago this month, leaving behind 130 pages of sketches for a Third ...

Skillfully matching performers and repertoire is an essential but chronically underappreciated talent that that can set good orchestras apart from great ones. Luckily for local audiences, Houston ...

Audience members at the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s concert Thursday at the Meyerson Symphony Center were greeted with new entry protocols. With COVID-19 cases surging across North Texas, the DSO now ...