Featuring gifted young musicians from The Elgar School of Music and from Worcestershire
Three Songs for Children, Songs for Solo Voices, Six Easy Pieces for Violin and works for piano trio
Friday 1st June, 3pm, The John Moore Theatre, King’s School.
“Orchestrating His Life: Sir Edward Elgar as an Historical Personality”
Professor David Cannadine
Professor of Modern History at Cambridge and London Universities, President of the Worcestershire Historical Society
With an opportunity to purchase “Elgar an Anniversary Portrait” edited by Nicholas Kenyon with a contribution by Professor Cannadine.
Sponsored by the Pimley Family of Worcester and Princeton USA
Tickets: £5
EVENSONG
Friday 1st June, 5.30pm, Worcester Cathedral.
St George’s Singers of Cape Town directed by Dr Barry Smith
Organ: Ashley Grote
Music by Elgar, Blair, Parry and Stanford
“ELGAR - THE WORCESTER YEARS”
Friday 1st June, 7.30pm, Worcester Cathedral.
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductors: Donald Hunt and Barry Smith
Meditation from ‘The Light of Life’, The Black Knight, Choral Songs with orchestra: Spanish Serenade; The Snow; Fly, Singing-bird;, Salut d’amour (arr. Donald Hunt), Serenade for Strings, From the Bavarian Highlands
Sponsored by Severn House Publishers (also Festival Sponsors) and Miss J B Albright’s Grimley Charity
Tickets: £20; £15; £10 (All nave seats will be £20)
ELGAR’S CHAMBER MUSIC
Saturday 2nd June, 11am, Huntingdon Hall.
The Medici Quartet with Ian Brown (piano)
String Quartet in e, Violin Sonata in e, Piano Quintet in a
Sponsored by Guise Jones Sawyer
Tickets:£15
MAYOR’S RECEPTION
Saturday 2nd June, 1pm, Guildhall (time subject to confirmation)
Followed by procession to the Cathedral
GALA BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Saturday 2nd June, 2.30pm, Worcester Cathedral
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Donald Hunt
The combined choirs of: The Elgar Chorale, The St George’s Singers of Cape Town,The St Peter’s Singers of Leeds and The Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
'Cello: Julian Lloyd Webber
Solo Quartet: Naomi Harvey; Catherine King; Wilhelm Theunissen; Alan Fairs
Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G, Festival Anthem: Give unto the Lord, ‘Cello Concerto in e, Enigma Variations, Coronation Ode
Sponsored by Bransford Trust, Elgar Foundation, Elgar Society, Elmley Foundation, Howard Flight, David Hallmark and Friends, Victoria and Andrew Neill,
Newstead International Ltd, Worcester Bosch and Worcester City Council
Tickets: £20; £15; £10 (All nave seats will be £20)
(“Friends of Concert” seats at £50 to include Pre-Concert Cocktails and
Post-Concert Tea in College Hall. If interested, please contact David Wright, Festival Coordinator)
ELGAR IN THE PARK
Sunday 3rd June, Priory Park Malvern
The Lydbrook Band from the Forest of Dean will give a concert consisting entirely of Elgar compositions
Sponsored by Malvern Town Council
ELGAR AND ALICE
5, 6 & 7 June at 7.30 pm, Swan Theatre
The world premiere of a new play by Peter Sutton about Elgar’s marriage and music. Tours nationally in June to places associated with Elgar, opening at the Swan Theatre Worcester on 5, 6 and 7 June at 7.30
ELGAR BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM
While enjoying the 150th Birthday Celebration, why not take the opportunity to visit the great man’s birthplace museum? During the Festival, the following exhibitions will be on display:
Elgar and Dr. Buck: A Remarkable Friendship
Using a recently acquired collection of letters, this exhibition explores Elgar’s remarkable fifty year friendship with Dr. Charles Buck of Settle, Yorkshire.
The Elgars & Broadheath
Discover more about the Elgar family, their time at Broadheath and Elgar’s love for the cottage in which he was born.
William Henry Elgar
A display that takes a closer look at Elgar’s father, William Henry Elgar, who moved to Worcester in 1841.
