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Published: 31 May 2007

Day of events a tribute to Elgar

PREVIEW: LSO DISCOVERY DAY: ELGAR
Barbican

THE Barbican and LSO St Luke’s are jointly holding a day of events, talks and an evening concert to celebrate the work of Edward Elgar on Sunday, marking the 150th anniversary of his birth.
Elgar is often seen as a quintessentially English composer, with his lush melodies seemingly designed to echo the rolling countryside of England.
But he is often overlooked, and sometimes looked down on for apparently failing to keep up with the musical world around him. Composers such as Benjamin Britten are held in higher regard.
He never created a work like Stravinsky’s cutting-edge, vital and ferocious Le Sacre Du Printemps, but it would be hard to find a more evocative work than the Enigma Variations – a theme followed by 14 intimate musical portraits of his friends.
On Sunday, the LSO will be concentrating on The Dream of Gerontius, which I saw performed excellently by Benjamin Luxon with the City of Birmingham Orchestra about 15 years ago. This evening concert will be conducted by Richard Hickox.
The Discovery Day itself will give people the opportunity to see a rehearsal at the Barbican Hall from 10am, a talk on the piece by Dr Matthew Riley, from Birmingham University, as well as an investigation of Elgar’s String Quartet in
E Minor.
* Tickets are £15 (this does not include the evening concert).
Tel: 020 7382 2505.

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