Elgar News

Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:51 pm Press Release: Vector Wellington Orchestra In 2010 the Vector Wellington Orchestra will celebrate 300 years of wonderful music by presenting great works connected with the years 1710, 1810, 1910 and 2010.

Sutton Symphony Orchestra host their final bash of 2009 this weekend when the talented group once again take over the St Andrewa s United Reform Church for a classical spectacular.

With music director Carl St.Clair conducting "La Boheme" at his other home, the Komische Oper Berlin, it fell to a guest conductor to lead the Pacific Symphony in its third classical program of the season, heard Thursday night at Segerstrom Concert Hall.

A BRAND new charity CD featuring a host of classical performers and composers has been produced in Malvern.

This weekend offers options galore when it comes to live, local music in Tulare County, from classical to African gospel.

Wigston: Making a return visit to Wigston Liberal Club, Chris Stanbury gave a programme which demonstrated both his skill as an organist, and his ability to please, with an excellent variety of sounds.

"LUNCHTIME LIVE", the weekly Friday live music spot at The Grand, is attracting ever-larger crowds, and today's show promises something extra-special. It features the Carlton Ensemble, an easy-listening flute and string quartet which plays anything from Bach to Beatles, Mozart to Metallica and now Elgar to Elbow! Formed in 1982, the group has ...

Elgar & Schnittke: Viola Concertos THIS could be considered somewhat of a passing of the torch, with 1934 the year of Elgar's death and Russian composer Alfred Schnittke's birth; this also marks the recording debut of David Aaron Carpenter, a sensationally gifted violist who gets lots of opportunity to test to the max here.

The internationally acclaimed orchestra The Halle gets the 2009-2010 International Classical Concert Series underway at Derby's Assembly Rooms on Saturday, September 19, from 7.30pm. Sir Mark Elder will lead the orchestra through performances of Elgar's In The South, Rachmaninov's much-loved Second Piano Concerto and one of the most popular ...

FINALLY, a concert from the Usher Hall series to write home about. What a pity it took until Saturday's final opportunity.

Mexico POP SEAN PAUL: IMPERIAL BLAZE ** ATLANTIC, A 12.72 JAMAICAN dancehall star Sean Paul has a guttural voice made for mischief and he has been happy to base an internationally successful career on imparting all the naughty things he'd like to do with and to the ladies.

There's less than a month to go before the start of the Leicester International Music Festival, which, for its 21st birthday season, is featuring a Celebration of English Music, writes Neil Crutchley .

AROUND 80 of the best classical musicians in the country will take to the outdoor stage of Southport Summer Classics this weekend, led by world renowned conductor, Vasily Petrenko.

THE curtain will fall on the Gladstone Theatre's current season this Saturday . The Port Sunlight theatre will be welcoming the Wirral Orchestra, under the baton of Neill Jackson, for A Concert for Macmillan.

During the course of their illustrious 150 year history the Halle Orchestra have enjoyed their fair share of pinnacle moments.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and the return of percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie are among the highlights of the upcoming Rhode Island Philharmonic season.

A PACKED Smith Art Gallery in Brighouse enjoyed a recital by pianist Chris Illingworth and violinist Joe Jones, friends and former students at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester.

ADVERTISER readers could win an evening of sophistication with Warwick Castle classical concert tickets up for grabs.

The Beatles recorded there, yeah, yeah, yeah, but the most famous recording studios in the world also played host to Edward Elgar and Fred Astaire, among others.

THEATRE: Fool's Proof theatre company presents its latest play Je Suis Dead, above.