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THE THREE CHOIRS

on BBC Home Service Basic

in Elgar's Time
A personal reminiscence by Herbert Howells
On the second day of the Three Choirs Festival held this year at Worcester the distinguished composer recalls his earliest memories of the Festival, when Elgar was its dominant personality and The Dream of Gerontius had become a central work in each year's programme.
Herbert Howells, who knew Elgar well and has himself had several works commissioned for the Three Choirs, illustrates his talk with recorded excerpts of Elgar's music.
It is just sixty years ago this October that The Dream of Gerontius was first performed under Richter in Birmingham.

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