Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch Rachel Barton Pine’s 36th album (!) features the mysterious and monumental Violin Concerto Op. 61, by Edward Elgar, and the well-known Violin Concerto by Max Bruch Op. 26, by Max Bruch. Daniel Gilliam talked with RBP about her history with each concerto, and the importance of Neville Marriner and Yehudi Menuhin in the album. By WUOL Feb 01 Featured Album Rachel Barton Pine: Elgar and Bruch By WUOL
Oct 03 Blog The English Violin Photo: A portrait of English violinist Albert Sammons. Edward Elgar’s Violin Sonata was one of three chamber works Elgar composed more or less concurrently towards the end of the First World War at Brinkwells, the country cottage the Elgars had rented near Fittleworth in Sussex. Although he had begun work on the String Quartet before […] By Alan Brandt Oct 03 Blog The English Violin By Alan Brandt
Sep 10 Blog England, 1934 The year 1934 was especially hard on the English music scene as it saw the deaths of three major composers from the UK; Gustav Holst, Frederick Delius and Edward Elgar. Gustav Holst is best known for the suite for large orchestra called The Planets. He wrote one symphony called the Cotswolds Symphony. First performed in […] By Alan Brandt Sep 10 Blog England, 1934 By Alan Brandt
Jul 10 Blog Summer Listening – Composers on Vacation Have you ever returned from a vacation reenergized and inspired to create? A trip to Italy inspired Englishman Edward Elgar to write an orchestral overture called, “In the South”. Elgar spent time in the Italian Riviera town of Alassio where he had a “eureka” moment. He later wrote: “Then in a flash, it all came to me […] By Daniel Gilliam Jul 10 Blog Summer Listening – Composers on Vacation By Daniel Gilliam
Jun 04 Blog English Ballet Music for the ballet is our feature on this week’s An English Pastorale with music by Edward Elgar, Arnold Bax and Constant Lambert. Edward Elgar’s The Sanguine Fan was written in 1917 for a performance in support of war charity. The light plot of the ballet was taken from the scenario depicted on a sylvan […] By Alan Brandt Jun 04 Blog English Ballet By Alan Brandt
May 23 Blog Granville Bantock “Your music has struck a fibre in my being, which is beyond analysis, but which I feel is the truest and noblest chord that has yet been souned in our art.” -Letter from Granville Bantock to Frederick Delius Granville Bantock was an influential musical force in Great Britain, both in and behind the music scene. […] By Alan Brandt May 23 Blog Granville Bantock By Alan Brandt
May 15 Blog English Symphonies Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 6 Arthur Bliss – Colour Symphony Edward Elgar – Symphony No. 2 William Walton – Symphony No. 2 Charles Stanford – Symphony No. 6 On An English Pastorale this week, we’ll explore several symphonies by Englishman written in the 20th century. William Walton (PHOTO) wrote his second symphony in 1959-60. […] By Alan Brandt May 15 Blog English Symphonies By Alan Brandt