“‘Speak Music’ is in 15/8 time signature!” Stout said. “It’s five beats to the measure, and Elgar pushing boundaries like I don’t see in the larger pieces. It’s dramatically colorful.” The program ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934) wrote very little solo music for the organ, despite the fact that he was for a short time a professional organist. Given this ambiguous nature of Elgar’s relationship with ...

Elgar needed little persuasion when approached in 1915 to compose music for The Starlight Express, an adaptation for the stage of Algernon Blackwood’s fantasy novel, A Prisoner in Fairyland.

His Majesty is . . . inclined to appoint some eminent musician [as Master of the King’s Music], but the question arises as to who this should be. Sir Edward Elgar has applied for the post and . . . it ...

It also gave his creative impetus and his musical ambitions the boost they needed. All of Elgar’s important music was written during the 30 years of his marriage to Alice. They had one child, their ...

Elgar from the Abbey—what could be more fitting? From the regal opulence of Great is the Lord, first performed in Westminster Abbey in 1912, to the quiet devotion of the opus 2 Ave verum and Ave Maria ...

pioneered by composers ranging from Elgar and Britten, to Stravinsky, Gershwin, and John Williams. Advancing technology enabled the recording of classical music and jazz, which in turn lead to the ...

I worry about the future of classical music in a society where the cult of inclusivity threatens anything that smacks of ...

Feb. 1: South Florida’s Got Talent: Presenting the young winners of the annual concerto competition, accompanied by the full ...

Antonio Pappano has started his official tenure as chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra by looking back in time.

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