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Elgar for Everyone Gala Concert

Part of the Elgar Festival 2023

Add to my Calendar 03-06-2023 19:30 03-06-2023 21:30 36 Elgar for Everyone Gala Concert Perhaps no work in musical history was as eagerly awaited as Elgar’s First Symphony. Music lovers across Europe and the British Empire were all waiting to see if Elgar could produce a symphony worthy of comparison with those of Beethoven and Brahms. Ahead of its London premiere, the great conductor Hans Richter called it “the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer – and not only in this country.” Elgar’s choral masterpiece, The Music Makers, was completed only four years later, but sees its composer in a more reflective mood, with touching musical reminders of his earlier works sprinkled throughout, sung here by the acclaimed Elgar Festival Chorus. Featured Composer Michael Berkeley’s Secret Garden is one of his most colourful and ebullient works, and the spirit of celebration is further heightened with the inclusion of two fanfares by the winners of this year’s Young Composers’ Competition. Worcester Cathedral, Worcester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2LA
England

Programme

Michael Berkeley – Secret Garden
Edward Elgar – Symphony no.1 in A flat major, Op.55
Edward Elgar – The Music Makers, Op.69

Performers

Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English Symphony Orchestra

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Programme Note

Perhaps no work in musical history was as eagerly awaited as Elgar’s First Symphony. Music lovers across Europe and the British Empire were all waiting to see if Elgar could produce a symphony worthy of comparison with those of Beethoven and Brahms. Ahead of its London premiere, the great conductor Hans Richter called it “the greatest symphony of modern times, written by the greatest modern composer – and not only in this country.” Elgar’s choral masterpiece, The Music Makers, was completed only four years later, but sees its composer in a more reflective mood, with touching musical reminders of his earlier works sprinkled throughout, sung here by the acclaimed Elgar Festival Chorus. Featured Composer Michael Berkeley’s Secret Garden is one of his most colourful and ebullient works, and the spirit of celebration is further heightened with the inclusion of two fanfares by the winners of this year’s Young Composers’ Competition.

Elgar for Everyone Gala Concert

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