Explore the Elgar archives
Explore the Elgar archives Held in Worcester’s iconic bookshop, Script Haven, Faithful History’s Joe Tierney offers the chance to explore Elgar’s life in unparallelled intimacy. Joe will guide you through the treasure trove that is the Elgar archives including family mementos and photographs offering emotive insights whilst an abundance of personal correspondence and photographs serve […]
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition A fascinating exhibition of Elgar artefacts, manuscripts and memorabilia curated by renowned Elgar historian Chris Bennett including ’10 Things You Didn’t Know About Elgar’ plus an enchanting half hour film on repeat discovering Elgar’s Worcestershire. Access details: Disabled access at rear of building. Front access is via a short flight of […]
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition A fascinating exhibition of Elgar artefacts, manuscripts and memorabilia curated by renowned Elgar historian Chris Bennett including ’10 Things You Didn’t Know About Elgar’ plus an enchanting half hour film on repeat discovering Elgar’s Worcestershire. Access details: Disabled access at rear of building. Front access is via a short flight of […]
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition
Elgar For Everyone Exhibition A fascinating exhibition of Elgar artefacts, manuscripts and memorabilia curated by renowned Elgar historian Chris Bennett including ’10 Things You Didn’t Know About Elgar’ plus an enchanting half hour film on repeat discovering Elgar’s Worcestershire. Access details: Disabled access at rear of building. Front access is via a short flight of […]
Festival Evensong
Festival Evensong © Michael Whitefoot This year’s choice of music represents some of the best compositions written for Cathedral music. International concert organist David Briggs’ responses were commissioned by the Cathedral Chamber Choir for the 3 Choirs Festival in 2014. Sir George Dyson’s effusive Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis and of course, music from Worcester’s own […]
Piano Recital
Piano Recital Winner of numerous international competitions, pianist Roman Kosyakov closes the 2026 festival with a wonderfully virtuosic programme that includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations arranged for piano. Access details: Henry Sandon Hall is full accessibleParking: King Street car park WR1 2NX 2 min walk, Copenhagen Street WR1 2EY 10 min walk or free on […]
The Elgar Society Lunch
The Elgar Society Lunch 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. Pre-booking essential – please contact chairman@elgarsociety.org Tickets £32 Sunday 31 May @ 12pm The Elgar Society Lunch Location Museum of Royal Worcester, Severn […]
The Elgar Society A.T. Shaw Lecture – ‘Recording Elgar’
The Elgar Society A.T. Shaw Lecture – ‘Recording Elgar’ To mark the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Elgar Society, this year’s A.T. Shaw Lecture will feature world renowned independent recording producer Andrew Keener in conversation with Kenneth Woods about his work in the studio with some of the most renowned Elgar conductors and instrumentalists from the 1980s […]
ESO Gala Concert
ESO Gala Concert © Michael Whitefoot Our Gala this year is built around the two works that frame Elgar’s unique career as a composer of orchestral music. His ‘symphony for chorus and orchestra’ The Black Knight is one of his earliest works, and with it Elgar astounded the musical world with his brilliance, originality and mastery of […]
Festival Evensong
Festival Evensong © Michael Whitefoot This year’s choice of music represents some of the best compositions written for Cathedral music. International concert organist David Briggs’ responses were commissioned by the Cathedral Chamber Choir for the 3 Choirs Festival in 2014 and Australian/English composer Paul Paviour’s canticles were recorded by the choir for a complete cd […]