Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar.
Edward Elgar artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
Concerts
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August 10, 2009 Hear the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra honor its outgoing conductor with works from three centuries.
October 31, 2007 After WWI, Elgar wrote an aching cello concerto. Steven Isserlis solos with the New Jersey Symphony.
Studio Sessions
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January 28, 2010 Hear Nikolaj Znaider play works by Kreisler on the 1741 Guarneri that once belonged to the composer.
Interviews & Profiles
December 4, 2012 The celebrated young American cellist walks us through her recording of a "devastating" concerto.
May 28, 2011 A former child prodigy, 29-year-old Alisa Weilerstein is on the fast track of rising musical stars.
November 10, 2009 Cellist Jacqueline Du Pre exposes both the tenderness and pain in Elgar's late-career concerto.
June 2, 2007 Despite an air of English stuffiness, the composer remains popular 150 years after his birth.
June 2, 2007 Composer Edward Elgar was born 150 years ago. Discover the man of 'Enigmas,' 'Hope and Glory.'
News
October 4, 2010 The venerable British classical music magazine has announced winners in 24 categories.
Reviews
November 6, 2012 Hear an excerpt from an excellent album of cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing music classic and new.
More Stories
March 26, 2013 Hear the march that accompanied the wedding of William and Kate — and Charles and Diana.
February 14, 2013 For ages composers have written love letters, but not with words on paper. Their language is music.
May 5, 2012 Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony.
November 16, 2011 Learn to love our low-voiced lady opera singers who get to play everything from royalty to rivals.
September 22, 2010 To mark Elephant Appreciation Day, take a "critter quiz." Match the music to the creature.
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February 10, 2009 For Valentine's Day, these classical pieces capture the power of love in some of its various guises.
December 12, 2006 WGUC music director Kent Teeters compiled this list of the year's best classical CD discoveries.
August 15, 2006 In its bittersweet beauty, many listeners hear an elegy for those who died during WWI.
August 9, 2006 The orchestra, with conductor Roy Goodman, performs an Elgar work influenced by Handel.
