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Elgar's First Symphony

BBC Radio 3
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When Elgar's Symphony No 1 was premiered in 1908, the audience demanded the presence of the composer on the platform between movements and people stood on their chairs to catch a glimpse of him. Biographers Jerrold Northrop Moore and Michael Kennedy , along with Birmingham's Elgar Professor of Music,
Stephen Banfield , and lecturer Robert Meikle , comment on the significance and success of the piece.

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Jerrold Northrop Moore
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Michael Kennedy
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Stephen Banfield
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Robert Meikle
Source: Radio Times

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