1/5. Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes of Herefordshire and Worcestershire that inspired much of the music of Elgar, the 150th anniversary of whose birth falls this month. Today they investigate the influence of the Malvern Hills on the composer, visiting his grave and one of his former homes on the steep hillside in Little Malvern, and climbing to the summit of British Camp on Herefordshire Beacon, the setting that inspired Elgar's Caractacus.

Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D - Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson

Adagio - Moderato (Cello Concerto in E minor) (1st mvt) - Jacqueline du Pre, LSO, conductor John Barbirolli

Three Bavarian Dances - Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Norman Del Mar
Woodland Interlude (Caractacus) LSO, conductor Richard Hickox

Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) - BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis

(Repeated at 8.45pm)

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