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| Composer | Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1913 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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GlasgowAfternoon Performance: Alban Gerhardt Plays Britten's Cello Symphony
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Musgrave, Britten, Elgar
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Ryan Wigglesworth; Alban Gerhardt
BergenBrahms Piano Concerto no. 2
Brahms, Elgar, MacMillan
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder; Bergen Philharmonic Chorus; Edvard Grieg Choir; Edvard Grieg Youth Choir; Edvard Grieg Boys Chorus
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Celebrating Shakespeare American-style
Shakespearean actors join the National Symphony Orchestra to open its season with first of two concerts celebrating the Bard.
Sensational Grieg from Benjamin Grosvenor and the CBSO
Benjamin Grosvenor reminded us what a magnificent piece of music Grieg's piano showpiece is in this sensational performance with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
Prom 16: BBC NOW play British music and Tchaikovsky
It’s rather unusual to find one Russian in a programme with three British composers, but Prom 16, with Jac van Steen and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, brought together two of this season’s themes. The first in the 2013 Proms’ Tchaikovsky symphony cycle (no. 4) was presented alongside British works including one by the composer Granville Bantock, who is featuring in a total of five Proms.
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Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar
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Quintessentially English or establishment outsider? Elgar was seen as provincial – and was never more at home than in his beloved Malvern Hills – but he had a European outlook.
Falstaff: the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s fat knight
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Few operatic characters straddle the operatic stage larger than Sir John Falstaff. Read our in depth 'opera portrait' on Verdi's Falstaff as well as some of his other guises.