David Owen Norris, the expert on Elgar and the piano, shows how Elgar created masterpieces like Gerontius and the Pomp & Circumstance marches – and how he used music to hide his secrets.
Pomp & Circumstance No. 4
Prelude and Angel’s Farewell
(The Dream of Gerontius)
Dream Children
‘?’
Concert Allegro
INTERVAL
Five Improvisations
Recorded straight onto hot wax by Elgar in 1929, but never written down.
Pomp & Circumstance No. 1
You can hear this programme in St. Michael’s Church, Southampton on Sunday 1st March 2020.
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