CELLO RECITAL
CELLO RECITAL Departing Morgan Motor Factory at 10:30am and ending at: The Firs Crown East Lane Lower Broadheath Worcester WR2 6RH Book Tickets In association with Malvern Hills District Council, the Elgar Festival is delighted to be the finishing point host for the 2024 Morgan Sports Car Club rally and looks forward to welcoming rally […]
FESTIVAL EVENSONG
FESTIVAL EVENSONG Sunday 1 June @ 4pm Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir Stephen Shellard, director Worcester Cathedral, 8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA Book Tickets Worcester Cathedral’s Evensong service takes on special meaning and atmosphere when it celebrates the music of two Worcester-born composers, Ian Venables and Edward Elgar. Attendees are also welcome to […]
CELLO RECITAL
CELLO RECITAL Departing Sunday 1 June @ 2pm Raphael Wallfisch, cello Simon Callaghan, piano Henry Sandon Hall, Severn St, Worcester WR1 2NE Book Tickets One of the most prolific and influential recording artists of all time, cellist Raphael Wallfisch has been a leading exponent of British music for over 40 years. Wallfisch and […]
THE ELGAR SOCIETY LUNCH
THE ELGAR SOCIETY LUNCH Sunday 1 June @ 12pm THE ELGAR SOCIETY LUNCH Museum of the Royal Porcelain Works, Severn St, Worcester WR1 2NE Book Tickets The Elgar Society hosts its annual festival lunch, open to all, in the beautiful setting of the Museum of Royal Worcester surrounded by treasures of the past. […]
THE ELGAR SOCIETY A.T. SHAW LECTURE – A Critic’s View
THE ELGAR SOCIETY A.T. SHAW LECTURE – A Critic’s View Sunday 1 June @ 11am Christopher Morley, senior music critic, The Birmingham Post Museum of the Royal Porcelain Works, Severn St, Worcester WR1 2NE Refreshments from 10.30am Book Tickets Each year, the Elgar Society’s A.T. Shaw lecture celebrates the contribution of one of […]
ESO GALA CONCERT
ESO GALA CONCERT Saturday 31 May @ 7.30pm English Symphony Orchestra Elgar Festival Chorus Gareth Brynmor John, baritone Kenneth Woods, conductor Worcester Cathedral, 8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA Book Tickets Written between the two Wars, Ireland’s These Things Shall be is a powerful expression of humanistic and enlightenment values, a faith […]
FESTIVAL EVENSONG
FESTIVAL EVENSONG Saturday 31 May @ 5.30pm Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir Stephen Shellard, director Worcester Cathedral, 8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA Book Tickets Responses: Ian Venables Canticles: Gibbons Short Service Elgar: Light Out of Darkness Worcester Cathedral’s Evensong service takes on special meaning and atmosphere when it celebrates the music of […]
ORGAN RECITAL AND Q&A with DAVID BRIGGS
ORGAN RECITAL AND Q&A with DAVID BRIGGS Saturday 31 May @ 3pm (pre-concert Q and A @2pm) ORGAN RECITAL AND Q&A with DAVID BRIGGS Great Malvern Priory, 6 Church Street, Malvern WR14 2AY Book Tickets Q & A @ 2pm with David Briggs and host (tbc) Considered by many to be the greatest […]
WORCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Meet Elgar’s Orchestra
WORCESTERSHIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA – Meet Elgar’s Orchestra Saturday 31 May @ 1.30pm Keith Slade, conductor All Saints Church, Deansway, Worcester, WR1 2JJ Book Tickets The annual free performance of the orchestra co-founded by Sir Edward Elgar himself offers families a great chance to experience the thrill of orchestral music up-close in an informal […]
ELGAR CHORALE
ELGAR CHORALE Saturday 31 May @ 11am Piers Maxim, director St. Martin in the Cornmarket, The Cornmarket, Worcester WR1 2DF Book Tickets This ever-popular local choir named after Sir Edward present a varied programme of works under the baton of their director, Piers Maxim. Programme to include works by Elgar, Coleridge-Taylor, Stamford […]