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