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At a Glance

Sat 17 May
Come and Play Elgar 1
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
Weds 21 May
Sat 24 May
Coffee concert with the Proteus Ensemble @ 11am
Pershore Abbey

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
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
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
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
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
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

ESO String Orchestra @ 7pm
Malvern Priory
Fri 30 May
Sat 31 May
Elgar Exhibition day 4 @10am – 4pm
Worcester Guildhall, Court Room

Elgar Chorale @ 11am
St Martin in the Cornmarket

WSO/Elgar’s Orchestra @1.30pm
All Saint’s Church, Deansway

David Briggs Q and A @ 2pm
Organ recital by David Briggs @ 3pm

Malvern Priory

Festival Evensong 5.30pm
Worcester Cathedral

ESO Gala concert @ 7.30pm
Worcester Cathedral
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

Festival Evensong @ 4pm Worcester Cathedral
Sun 1 June