Tag Archives: Elgar

Endnotes, October 2022

Posted on October 4, 2022 by leslie

Endnotes, October 2022 In this edition: Mahler’s Fifth Symphony from the Czech Philharmonic, Elgar, choral music from Severnside, reviewed by Stuart  Millson Sometimes described as a “journey from darkness to brilliant light”, the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler (1901-02) … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, January 2022

Posted on January 5, 2022 by leslie

ENDNOTES, January 2022 In this edition; Stuart Millson on composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor When one thinks of English music, one thinks immediately of Edward Elgar, or Ralph Vaughan Williams: figures who represent a very rooted, ancestrally-determined Englishness. Few people realise, however, … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, December 2021

Posted on December 1, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES, December 2021 In this edition: Elgar, Ireland and Holst from the English Music Festival;   Fairy Tales for saxophone and piano; reviewed by Stuart Millson The Autumn English Music Festival, held at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, was memorable for … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, September 2021

Posted on September 7, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES, September 2021 In this edition: British oboe quintets, from Chandos Record; Holiday music by Elgar; reviewed by Stuart Millson; Coda, Romancing the Dome, by the Editor The Doric String Quartet accompanies Nicholas Daniel, oboe, on the Chandos label in a … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, March 2021

Posted on March 4, 2021 by leslie

ENDNOTES,  March 2021 In this edition: Elgar’s Italian maestro. Stuart Millson recalls conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli. When Worcestershire’s Edward Elgar emerged from what has been described as provincial obscurity into the realms of the European romantic mainstream, it became clear that … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, October 2020

Posted on October 7, 2020 by leslie

ENDNOTES, October 2020  In this edition: Elgar in America, by Stuart Millson The Worcestershire born and bred composer Edward Elgar first visited the United States in 1905, to great acclaim. Interestingly, the traditional performance of ‘Land of Hope and Glory’ … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, July 2020

Posted on July 1, 2020 by leslie

ENDNOTES, July 2020 In this edition: late-romantic piano quintets by Franck and Fauré; & a classical music establishment in meltdown, by Stuart Millson The Prague-based Wihan Quartet – winners of the London International String Quartet Competition in 1991 – has … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, April 2019

Posted on April 18, 2019 by leslie

ENDNOTES, April 2019  by Stuart Millson In this edition: musical meditations on death and national decline From Chandos records, come two less-frequently-performed masterpieces by the doyen of English music, Sir Edward Elgar: The Music Makers (written in 1912) and The Spirit … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, November 2018

Posted on November 5, 2018 by leslie

ENDNOTES, November 2018 In this edition: In Remembrance, from the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital, Percy Sherwood’s Double Concerto from EM Records, Orchestral Works, by Ruth Gipps. A century ago this month, The Great War– the “war to end wars”, … Continue reading →

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ENDNOTES, August 2018

Posted on August 14, 2018 by leslie

ENDNOTES, August 2018 In this edition: a flourish, from Sir Granville Bantock on the Somm label; piano sonatas by Beethoven, and Elgar’s Second Symphony, from Chandos Records, reviewed by STUART MILLSON Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946) was a noted composer, conductor … Continue reading →

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