Sat 17 May
Come and Play Elgar 1
Joe Davies, conductor
St Martin’s, London Road
Joe Davies, conductor
St Martin’s, London Road
Sat 17 May
Weds 21 May
Relaxed concert with Downside Up string duo @ 3pm
Offenham Village Hall
Offenham Village Hall
Weds 21 May
Sat 24 May
Coffee concert with the Proteus Ensemble @ 11am
Pershore Abbey
Programme to include Elgar’s The Fountain, Deep In My Soul, As Torrents in Summer, My Love Dwelt in A Northern Land, O Wild West Wind and works by Parry & Stamford
Worcester Concert Brass @ 1:30pm
Cathedral Square
Club Elgar @ 7:30pm
Piston Distillery
Pershore Abbey
Programme to include Elgar’s The Fountain, Deep In My Soul, As Torrents in Summer, My Love Dwelt in A Northern Land, O Wild West Wind and works by Parry & Stamford
Worcester Concert Brass @ 1:30pm
Cathedral Square
Club Elgar @ 7:30pm
Piston Distillery
Sat 24 May
Sun 25 May
Jenny Lind Singers @ 3pm
St George’s, Barbourne
St George’s, Barbourne
Sun 25 May
Mon 26 May (bank holiday)
‘In Elgar’s Footsteps’ - guided walk @ 10am and recital @ 11am
Black Hill car park to St Wulstan’s Church
Elgar: Violin sonata in E minor, op.82
Black Hill car park to St Wulstan’s Church
Elgar: Violin sonata in E minor, op.82
Mon 26 May (bank holiday)
Tues 27 May
Young Singers Masterclass Day @ 11am – 3pm
The Firs
‘Notes From The Organ Loft’ with ESO winds @ 7pm
St George’s RC Church
Programme to include Elgar’s wind quintets
‘Notes From The Organ Loft’ with ESO winds @ 7pm
St George’s RC Church
Programme to include Elgar’s wind quintets
Tues 27 May
Weds 28 May
Elgar Exhibition day 1 @10am – 4pm
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Elgar For Everyone Family concert @ 7:15pm
Worcester Cathedral
Programme to include Elgar’s Tame Bears and Wild Bears, and Paddington Bear’s First Concert by Herbert Chappell
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Elgar For Everyone Family concert @ 7:15pm
Worcester Cathedral
Programme to include Elgar’s Tame Bears and Wild Bears, and Paddington Bear’s First Concert by Herbert Chappell
Weds 28 May
Thurs 29 May
Elgar Exhibition day 2 @10am – 4pm
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
‘Hidden Music’ film screening @ 11 am
The Firs
ESO Chamber Orchestra @ 7pm
Worcester Guildhall, Assembly Room
Elgar: Sérénade lyrique
Coleridge-Taylor: Romance of the Prairie Lilies
Mozart: Serenade: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Elgar: Soliloquy for Oboe (orch. Jacob)
Elgar: Romance for Bassoon, op.62
Elgar: Three Characteristic Pieces
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
‘Hidden Music’ film screening @ 11 am
The Firs
ESO Chamber Orchestra @ 7pm
Worcester Guildhall, Assembly Room
Elgar: Sérénade lyrique
Coleridge-Taylor: Romance of the Prairie Lilies
Mozart: Serenade: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Elgar: Soliloquy for Oboe (orch. Jacob)
Elgar: Romance for Bassoon, op.62
Elgar: Three Characteristic Pieces
Thurs 29 May
Fri 30 May
Elgar Exhibition day 3 @10am – 4pm
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Relaxed Elgar with ESO winds @ 11am/3pm
Malvern Priory am/Henry Sandon Hall pm
Lunchtime recital with April Fredrick @ 1pm
Huntingdon Hall
Elgar: Speak, Music, Rondel, Pleading
Venables: Love's Voice, Op. 22
Arthur Bliss: Simples, The Hare, The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House
Lennox Berkeley: Counting the Beats
Eric McElroy: A Dead Man's Embers
ESO String Orchestra @ 7pm
Malvern Priory
Elgar: Sospiri
Elgar arr. Fraser: Miniatures for Strings
Ian Venables: An American Interlude, (A portrait of Janis )
Ian Venables: Soliloquy for Viola and Strings
Peter Fribbins : Folk Songs for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
William Walton: Sonata for Strings
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Relaxed Elgar with ESO winds @ 11am/3pm
Malvern Priory am/Henry Sandon Hall pm
Lunchtime recital with April Fredrick @ 1pm
Huntingdon Hall
Elgar: Speak, Music, Rondel, Pleading
Venables: Love's Voice, Op. 22
Arthur Bliss: Simples, The Hare, The Fallow Deer at the Lonely House
Lennox Berkeley: Counting the Beats
Eric McElroy: A Dead Man's Embers
ESO String Orchestra @ 7pm
Malvern Priory
Elgar: Sospiri
Elgar arr. Fraser: Miniatures for Strings
Ian Venables: An American Interlude, (A portrait of Janis )
Ian Venables: Soliloquy for Viola and Strings
Peter Fribbins : Folk Songs for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
William Walton: Sonata for Strings
Fri 30 May
Sat 31 May
Elgar Exhibition day 4 @10am – 4pm
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Elgar Chorale @ 11am
St Martin in the Cornmarket
Programme to include works by Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor, Stamford and Ian Venables
WSO/Elgar’s Orchestra @1.30pm
All Saint’s Church, Deansway
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Ruth Gipps: Cringlemire Gardens
Elgar: Chanson de Matin & Chanson de Nuit
David Briggs Q and A @ 2pm
Organ recital by David Briggs @ 3pm
Malvern Priory
Elgar: Organ Sonata
Ian Venables: ‘Rhapsody’
Elgar: Symphony No 1
Festival Evensong 5.30pm
Worcester Cathedral
To include Elgar’s Light Out of Darkness
ESO Gala concert @ 7.30pm
Worcester Cathedral
John Ireland: ‘These Things Shall Be’ (baritone and chorus)
Ian Venables: 'Out of the Shadows' for Baritone and Orchestra
(world premiere of orchestral version)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room
Elgar Chorale @ 11am
St Martin in the Cornmarket
Programme to include works by Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor, Stamford and Ian Venables
WSO/Elgar’s Orchestra @1.30pm
All Saint’s Church, Deansway
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Ruth Gipps: Cringlemire Gardens
Elgar: Chanson de Matin & Chanson de Nuit
David Briggs Q and A @ 2pm
Organ recital by David Briggs @ 3pm
Malvern Priory
Elgar: Organ Sonata
Ian Venables: ‘Rhapsody’
Elgar: Symphony No 1
Festival Evensong 5.30pm
Worcester Cathedral
To include Elgar’s Light Out of Darkness
ESO Gala concert @ 7.30pm
Worcester Cathedral
John Ireland: ‘These Things Shall Be’ (baritone and chorus)
Ian Venables: 'Out of the Shadows' for Baritone and Orchestra
(world premiere of orchestral version)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2
Sat 31 May
Sun 1 June
AT Shaw lecture @ 11am
‘Elgar: A Critic’s View’ with Christopher Morley
Royal Porcelain Works Museum
Elgar Society lunch 12pm
Royal Porcelain Works Museum
Cello recital with Raphael Wallfisch @ 2pm
Henry Sandon Hall
Kenneth Leighton: Alleluia Pascha Nostrum
John Ireland: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Ian Venables: ‘Elegy’ and ‘At Malvern’
Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, opus 82 (version for Cello and Piano by Donald Fraser)
Festival Evensong @ 4pm Worcester Cathedral
Responses: Ian Venables
Canticles: Ian Venables
Elgar: Give Unto the Lord
Elgar: They Are At Rest
‘Elgar: A Critic’s View’ with Christopher Morley
Royal Porcelain Works Museum
Elgar Society lunch 12pm
Royal Porcelain Works Museum
Cello recital with Raphael Wallfisch @ 2pm
Henry Sandon Hall
Kenneth Leighton: Alleluia Pascha Nostrum
John Ireland: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor
Ian Venables: ‘Elegy’ and ‘At Malvern’
Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, opus 82 (version for Cello and Piano by Donald Fraser)
Festival Evensong @ 4pm Worcester Cathedral
Responses: Ian Venables
Canticles: Ian Venables
Elgar: Give Unto the Lord
Elgar: They Are At Rest
Sun 1 June