Before World War I, Edward Elgar’s music often sounded confident and grand.But the war changed him. Facing illness, the loss ...
Benjamin Elgar who has rapidly emerged as a pop sensation has released the music video for his new single “Better Tho,” which debuted at #3 on the iTunes Pop Charts and reached #9 worldwide. Elgar’s ...
The celebrated young American cellist walks us through her recording of this "devastating" concerto written just after the end of World War I. She... Alisa Weilerstein Plays Elgar: Exploring Music ...
Many musicians and listeners consider Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 to be one of his finest creations, a remarkable example of Classical-era balance and clarity. Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi, ...
Remembering the inimitable Jacqueline du Pré, widely considered as one of the greatest classical cellists of the 20th century. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s Royal ...
Elgar's disappearance from the £20 note was cause for one of our more dubious musical doyens to berate "Elgar’s antediluvian Little Englishness" - a reminder to those of us who find in his music what ...
Mark Elder is in charge of the orchestra at the Grand Teton Music Festival in a concert performance of the "In the South" Overture by Edward Elgar.
No soldiers paraded, no trumpets blared, no drums rolled out an elegy. But throughout the Western World last week a mighty marching tune reverberated. Sir Edward Elgar, 76, was dead in Worcester, ...
Canadian James Ehnes, who appears this week with the San Francisco Symphony playing Bruch's "Scottish Fantasy," is a splendid violinist, with a sweet, lyrical string tone and a zippy rhythmic sense.
Bob Padgett's notes on Elgar's Enigma Variations . The Texas musician continues to search for hidden clues in the British composer's famous piece. Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A fifth album in Daniel Barenboim’s Elgar cycle with the Staatskapelle Berlin comes out on Friday. By David Allen Daniel Barenboim and Edward Elgar ...