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SUMMARY:The Elgar Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Our featured composer this year is 97-year-old icon of British music\, Thea Musgrave\, whose music abounds in colour\, emotion\, drama and impact. We hear Elgar’s last major orchestral work\, the beloved Cello Concerto\, alongside his first\, The Black Knight. As always we welcome some of the best musicians in the world to Worcester for the week\, including Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini\, oboist Nicholas Daniel\, pianist and composer Huw Watkins\, violist Rosalind Ventris alongside classic FM presenter Zeb Soanes\, world renowned Elgar record producer Andrew Keener and many more. I can’t wait to give that first upbeat – please join us!’ \nKenneth Woods\, Artistic Director
URL:https://www.visitthemalverns.org/event/the-elgar-festival-2/
CATEGORIES:Children,Concert,Festival,History,Malvern,Music
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SUMMARY:Recital - This Fragile Beauty (Elgar Festival 2026)
DESCRIPTION:How does armed conflict affect creatives? What keeps them going\, both during the fighting and after? This Fragile Beauty\, for soprano\, piano\, violin and narrator\, explores the World War One wartime experience of composers Ivor Gurney\, George Butterworth\, Arthur Bliss\, and Ralph Vaughan Williams\, with settings of war-poets by Ireland and Elgar’s evocative A Voice in the Desert from the Belgian perspective. \nA rich tapestry of longing and loss\, it also features poems and letters by Gurney and others that emerged from their time in the trenches and the collective grief\, processing and change that followed it. \nPerformers\nApril Fredrick soprano\nEric McElroy piano\nGrace Shepherd violin\nJoseph Campbell Powell narrator \nProgramme\nIvor Gurney Poem: ‘Robecq’\nGeorge Butterworth Song: Fill a Glass with Golden Wine\nIvor Gurney Letter: ‘The Rhythm of War’\nIvor Gurney Song: ‘Severn Meadows’\nIvor Gurney Letter: ‘First time in’\nFolksong Song: ‘David of the White Rock’\nIvor Gurney Poem: ‘War Books’\nJohn Ireland Song: ‘Blind’\nJohn Ireland Song: ‘The Cost’\nIvor Gurney Poem: ‘To His Love’\nArthur Bliss Song: A Child’s Prayer\nArthur Bliss Song: The Hammers\nArthur Bliss Song: This Night\nIvor Gurney Song: The Treasure\nIvor Gurney Poem: ‘Photographs’\nIvor Gurney Song: One Day\nRalph Vaughan Williams Songs: Along the Field\nIvor Gurney Letter: ‘Prices’\nIvor Gurney Poem: ‘Bach and the Sentry’\nIvor Gurney Letter: ‘Crystallisation’\nEdward Elgar Song: A Voice in the Desert \nTickets: £12 – available to book via the Elgar Festival website (please note: National Trust entry charges to non-members for cottage and garden apply) \nVisit the Elgar Festival website for more of this year’s events.
URL:https://www.visitthemalverns.org/event/recital-this-fragile-beauty-elgar-festival-2026/
LOCATION:The Firs\, Elgar's Birthplace Museum\, Crown East Lane\, Lower Broadheath\, WR2 6RH
CATEGORIES:Concert,Festival,Music
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