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Sometimes the greatest works of art, literature and music start out as nothing more than doodles. So it was in October 1898, when the English composer Edward Elgar returned home after a tiresome day ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Apostles follows the story of the twelve ...

Tchaikovsky, Elgar and Barber Masterworks will launch South Florida Symphony Orchestra's (SFSO) celebratory 25th anniversary 2022/23 season of artistic excellence at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9 ...

Three great British composers of the 20th century died in 1934 - Elgar, Delius and Holst. Over the next three weeks the orchestral music of each of them is put under the microscope. Today conductor ...

You couldn’t help but wonder, especially after uneventful performances of Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from “Peter Grimes” and Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E Minor (with soloist Sophie Shao), what was ...

Grammy-nominated German violinist Christian Tetzlaff makes his NZSO debut performing Elgar’s Violin Concerto while Gemma New ...

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 ...

Edward Elgar said he learned to write for strings by listening to the music of Handel. Elgar based his Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra on Handel's concerto grosso ...