George Bernard Shaw
4: The English and the Irish
On the 50th anniversary of Shaw's death, Humphrey Carpenter explores Shaw's identity. He grew up in Dublin but moved to London as a young man and became more English than the English themselves. He was a great friend of Elgar, but a critic of Stanford, and described the success of his Irish Symphony as "somewhat scandalous".
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
Stanford Symphony No 3 in F minor (Irish) Ulster Orchestra, conductor Colman Pearce