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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Composer of the Week: Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Episode 5: Vera and the End

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Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

Episode 5

Episode 5: Vera and the End

Vera and the End

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Vera and the End

Donald MacLeod explores Elgar's final muse and the last years of his life.

Donald MacLeod explores the relationship between Elgar and Vera Hockman, and the final years of his life.

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Edward Elgar through the lens of his muses - his family, his love interests, and some of his greatest friends. In this final programme of the week, Donald explores the final years of Elgar's life following the death of his wife and the relationship between Elgar and one final muse - a young violinist called Vera Hockman.

Sonatina in G major
May Grafton (piano) 

Mina
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Vassily Petrenko (conductor)

The Dream of Gerontius - end of Part I
Richard Lewis (tenor) 
Kim Borg (bass) 
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli (conductor)

Violin Sonata
Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)
Julian Milford (piano)

Ave Verum Corpus
Clare College Chapel Choir
Timothy Brown (director)

Producer: Sam Phillips.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Edward Elgar through the lens of his muses

Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Edward Elgar through the lens of his muses - his family, his love interests, and some of his greatest friends

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