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Relaxed Concert (11am)

Relaxed Concert

Relaxed Concert (11am) © Alex Burns An hour-long concert full of beautiful music. These relaxed performances are particularly suited to those living with dementia and other similar health conditions, adults and children with additional learning needs, their carers and anybody who wishes to experience classical music in a relaxed and informal environment. Free entry but […]

Relaxed Concert (3pm)

Relaxed concert

Relaxed Concert (3pm) An hour-long concert full of beautiful music. These relaxed performances are particularly suited to those living with dementia and other similar health conditions, adults and children with additional learning needs, their carers and anybody who wishes to experience classical music in a relaxed and informal environment. Free entry but tickets must be […]

Relaxed Concert (11am)

Relaxed concert

Relaxed Concert (11am) An hour-long concert full of beautiful music. These relaxed performances are particularly suited to those living with dementia and other similar health conditions, adults and children with additional learning needs, their carers and anybody who wishes to experience classical music in a relaxed and informal environment. Free entry but tickets must be […]

Come And Play Elgar 1

Come And Play Elgar 1 Photo credit: Maddy Pennock Following the success of our last Come and Play event, we’re once more welcoming amateur musicians from all over the country for a day of rehearsals and an informal performance. This year it’s the turn of Elgar’s 1st Symphony, full of incredible melodies and breathtaking drama. […]

Proteus Ensemble Coffee Concert

Proteus Ensemble Coffee Concert Acclaimed Midlands chamber choir The Proteus Ensemble was founded in 2013 by its conductor Stephen Shellard and consists of professional singers from all over the UK. This concert will showcase repertoire from their new recording of part-songs by Elgar, ‘There Is Sweet Music’. Released in November 2024 on Avie Records. The […]

Worcester Concert Brass

Worcester Brass Band

Worcester Concert Brass © Phil Harrison The festival is delighted to welcome back Worcester Concert Brass for this free event in Cathedral Square. Performing a wide repertoire of music from film and musicals to classical, pop, rock and traditional brass band music and marches you can find them playing in front of Elgar’s statue at […]

Club Elgar Retro 70s Fusion

Ken Woods and the Old Blue Gang

Club Elgar Retro 70s Fusion 70s fancy dress recommended. “Bester at Polyester” outfit competition. This year’s Club Elgar show is a musical time machine taking listeners back to the heady era of the 1970s jazz/rock fusion movement. It’s a virtuosic celebration of bright colours, brilliant improvisation and funky grooves, and the musical legacies of iconic […]

The Jenny Lind Singers

Jenny Lind Singers Elgar Festival 2024

The Jenny Lind Singers © Michael Whitefoot Back by popular demand, this virtuosic female voice choir celebrates the legacy of soprano and friend of Edward Elgar, Jenny Lind, who lived in Malvern for the latter part of her life and was a well-known benefactor of education and the arts.   Under the leadership of conductor […]

‘In Elgar’s Footsteps’ – guided walk and recital

Malverns

‘In Elgar’s Footsteps’ – guided walk and recital What better way to spend a bank holiday Monday! We meet at British Camp (Black Hill car park) at 9.45am to enjoy an hour’s guided walk along tracks and footpaths down to St Wulstan’s.   A short recital at 11.15am featuring Elgar’s truly magical Violin Sonata will […]

Young Singers Masterclass Day

Young Singers

Young Singers Masterclass Day © Graham Wallhead In a new festival event for 2025 this free public masterclass, held in the inspirational surroundings of Elgar’s Birthplace, offers observers a chance to watch 6 talented young singers work with April Fredrick (Affiliate Artist of the English Symphony Orchestra) and Ian Venables, festival composer-in-residence for 2025 hailed […]