Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conductor Andrew Davis
Thomas Allen (baritone) Kathryn Stott (piano) Jean Rigby (mezzo)
Andrew Davis conducts his BBC forces in an all-British programme, including a rare performance of an Elgar choral work which includes many quotations from his other works.
Delius Sea Drift
Ireland Piano Concerto in E flat
8.25 Elgar and the Mind Organist
Kenneth Shenton reveals the hitherto unpublished correspondence between Elgar and William Wolstenholme, the blind organist and composer.
Readers Philip Anthony and Steve Hodson.
8.45 Elgar The Music Makers