Elgar News

Ivan Hewett reviews Proms 2, 3, 4 and 5 - Nigel Kennedy and Bellowhead at Folk Day BBC Proms 2008 homepage The Proms is an odd beast - interested in the new and yet deeply traditional; populist but with a touch ...

The hottest ticket for this year's Proms is the Dr Who concert on Sunday. Our correspondent hauls out his Master card Neil Fisher The biggest battle at the Proms this summer isn't the one between the arena and ...

Ivan Hewett reviews Proms 2, 3, 4 and 5 - Nigel Kennedy and Bellowhead at Folk Day BBC Proms 2008 homepage The Proms is an odd beast - interested in the new and yet deeply traditional; populist but with a touch ...

RECALLING Bramwell Tovey's debut with the Philharmonic at Disney Hall in May 2007 in a program that included Elgar's 'Enigma Variations,' Borda says he gave 'one of the greatest verbal program notes I had ever ...

James Bryant Beauchamp, cellist, won second place in the instrumental division. He played a movement of the Cello Concerto in E minor by Edward Elgar.

SUMMER begins this week with The Halle's Summer Promenade concerts at Manchester's stunning Bridgewater Hall.

Winchester Orchestra Guest conductor Tony Quartuccio takes charge of the Winchester Orchestra for the weekend.

One need look no further for an explanation of why American composers after the 1920s wrote music that was thin, edgy and finely crafted than Horatio Parker's "Cahal Mor of the Wine-Red Hand." Written in 1893, ... via News Observer

The N.C. Symphony's final pops concert of the season in Meymandi Concert Hall tonight should have a lot of appeal for the classical crowd. via News Observer

Edinburgh artist to play Shelton Organ Simon Nieminski, concert organist and recording artist from Edinburgh, Scotland, will be the featured artist at the finale concert of the Shelton Organ Series second ... via Abilene Reporter-News

Weare glad to annouce this new release by one of the most promising portuguese young generation of violinists Emanuel Salvador. via Internet Archive

“That was my first organ recital. Hearing Tom Murray on that organ, I was just blown away. I became hooked”

Organist Fred Teardo hits all the periods of organ music. Championing an eclectic approach to repertoire, he performs works ranging from the baroque and romantic periods to early American works and modern ... via Daily Record

Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform several classical selections including "Nabucco Overture" by Verdi, "The Wand of Youth" by Elgar and "Polovetsian Dances" by Borodin at its spring concert, ... via MansfieldNewsJournal.com

The violin has more glamour, the viola more soul, the bass more thundering power. via New Yorker

Geoffrey Norris reviews Nigel Kennedy and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Festival Hall The important thing to remember about Nigel Kennedy is that, underneath the maverick exterior, there lies an ... via Telegraph.co.uk

“Because of its size all the students get to know each other. It's wonderfully friendly. It reminds me of my father's old college.”

World-famous cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber, who has praised the Elgar School of Music in Deansway, Worcester. via Droitwich Spa Advertiser

“Why would you want to stand there waving a stick when you could be playing an instrument?”

Violinist Nigel Kennedy has criticised star conductors for their egocentric behaviour, for being more interested in promoting their image, than spending time with an orchestra. via Telegraph.co.uk

Edward Elgar and His World Edited by Byron Adams Princeton, 448 pp., $22.95 Musicians and music institutions, it seems, are always eager to celebrate major anniversaries of major composers. via The Weekly Standard

The Worcester Collegium is the best, but least subscribed, musical bargain in town. via Worcester Telegram & Gazette

“I have known and loved the Worcester area for many years”

RENOWNED cellist Julian Lloyd-Webber is to promote classical music in Worcester. via Worcester News