Work: Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39

Barenboim has a long relationship with Elgar's music, but the Staatskapelle's love affair is more recent, still in the passionate, excitable phase of discovery.

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Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Rohan Shotton, 10 Sep

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.

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Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar

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Mark Pullinger, 02 Jun

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.

Work: Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 in D Major, Op.39

HullLast Night of the Proms

TokyoKazuhiro Koizumi & TMSO

EastbourneA Classical Spectacular

Prom 4: Great Birtwistle and Elgar from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin

Prom 2: A love letter from Berlin

Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar