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

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ComposerElgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934)
PeriodRomantic
Year1901
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonLast Night of the Proms 2026

BBC Proms
Wood, Arne, Elgar, Parry, Britten, Traditional
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo; Nicky Spence; Yuja Wang; BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus

TokyoSuntory Group Symphony Orchestra

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Suntory Group Symphony Orchestra; Ryusuke Numajiri

TokyoSubscription Concert for Children 2026 - No. 100

Suntory Hall, Suntory Foundation for the Arts
Mendelssohn, Kodály, Mozart, Dvořák, Bellstedt, Elgar
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; Keitaro Harada; Issey Kobayashi; Ayako Tahara; Michiaki Ueno; Hayato Kodama
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Prom 4: Great Birtwistle and Elgar from Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin

Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin shine in an inescapably political programme.
****1
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Prom 2: A love letter from Berlin

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.
****1
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Partygoers, pomp and Paddington Bear

The 2016 Proms come to a riotous close at the Royal Albert Hall.
***11
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Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar

Sir Edward Elgar (1931) © Public domain
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.