Programme Notes

By selecting any file listed below, a detailed programme note can be displayed for that work. It is hoped that these articles will be of use to programme builders, those writing articles for concert programmes and casual readers alike. The Elgar Society is happy to give permission to reproduce any of the material contained here, but would request acknowledgement.

• Beau Brummel
• Caractacus
• Cello Concerto in E minor, op 85
• Cello Concerto. Creating a Classic
• Cello Concerto. Jacqueline du Pre. The concerto's consummate interpreter
• Cello Concerto. Suggested Reading
• Cello Concerto. The Concerto Onstage
• Cello Concerto. What Next
• Chansons de Matin et de Nuit
• Cockaigne (In London Town), op 40
• Coronation March, Op 65, Imperial March, Op 32, Empire March
• Coronation Ode, op 44
• Crown of India, op 66
• Dream Children, Op 43
• Elegy for Strings, op 58
• Elgar at Play
• Elgarian Birthdays
• Elgar-Payne Symphony No 3. Michael Kennedy reviews the CD
• Elgar-Payne Symphony No3. An Introduction by Anthony Payne
• Elgar-Payne Symphony No3. A Justification by Colin Matthews
• Elgar-Payne Symphony No3. Geoff Hodgkins review of Première
• Falstaff, Op 68
• First World War Music
• Fringes of the Fleet
• Froisart, op.19
• From The Bavarian Highlands, op 27
• Grania and Diarmid, op 42
• Introduction and Allegro
• In the South (ALASSIO), op 50.pdf
• Arthur
• King Olaf (Scenes from the Saga of), op. 30
• Music written for piano and violin
• Music written for two flutes etc
• Nursery Suite
• Orchestral Arrangements and Transcriptions
• Other Music written for piano and violin
• Part-Songs 1889-1909
• Part-Songs 1914-1932
• Piano Concerto. Recordings.
• Piano Concerto. The History.
• Piano Concerto. The Realisation.
• Piano Concerto.
• Piano Quintet in A minor, op 84.
• Polonia, op 76.
• Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos 1-5, Op 39
• Pomp and Circumstance. Elgar's own recordings.
• Pomp and Circumstance. Penning the words of Land of Hope and Glory.
• Pomp and Circumstance. An Introduction.
• Pomp and Circumstance. Elgar's other marches.
• Pomp and Circumstance. Why Americans Graduate to Elgar.
• Religious works for chorus.
• Salut d'amour & Mot d'amour.
• Sea Pictures
• Serenade for strings in E minor
• Severn Suite
• Sir Edward Elgar. Family Tree
• Sospiri, op 70
• String Quartet in E minor, op 83.
• Sursum Corda
• Symphony No 1 in A flat major, op 55
• Symphony No 2 in E flat major, op 63
• Symphony No 2. A Commentary by Ian Lace
• Symphony No 3
• The Apostles, op 49
• The Banner of St George, op 33
• The Big Draw. Elgar the Cartoonist
• The Black Knight
• The Dream of Gerontius. A Musical Analysis
• The Dream of Gerontius. Composition of the Work.
• The Dream of Gerontius. How the Elgar Society can help.
• The Dream of Gerontius. The Best of Me.
• The Dream of Gerontius. The Libretto.
• The Dream of Gerontius. The Recorded Legacy.
• The Dream of Gerontius.
• The Elgar Trail. A Short Illustrated Tour of Elgar's Houses.
• The Kingdom, Op 51
• The Light of Life (Lux Christi), op 29.
• The Music Makers, op 69.
• The Sanguine Fan, op 81.
• The Spanish Lady.
• The Spirit Of England, op 80.
• The Starlight Express, op 78.
• Variations On An Original Theme.
• Various short pieces written for small orchestra.
• Various short pieces written for solo piano.
• Violin Concerto in B minor, op 61.
• Violin Sonata in E minor, op 82.
• Wand Of Youth. Suites Nos 1 & 2, Op 1.
• Works composed or arranged for church organ.