Celebrating Friendship and Community: The 400th Anniversary of the Worcester Charter: Gala Concert features works by Ethel Smyth, Vaughan Williams and Elgar at Worcester Cathedral, Worcester on Saturday 30th October 2021

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Celebrating Friendship and Community: The 400th Anniversary of the Worcester Charter

Gala Concert features works by Ethel Smyth, Vaughan Williams and Elgar

Part of the Elgar Festival 2021

Add to my Calendar 30-10-2021 19:30 30-10-2021 21:30 36 Celebrating Friendship and Community: The 400th Anniversary of the Worcester Charter ‘Elgar for Everyone’ Embodying the ethos ‘Elgar for Everyone’, the Festival engages with those of all ages and backgrounds in music and legacy at a number of integral venues of both historic interest and personal significance to the composer, including Worcester Cathedral and the Guildhall. "...coming back together as a community"Since its inauguration in 2018 – lauded as ‘Critic’s Pick’ in both The Guardian and The Times – the Festival has doubled in size and scale through an innovative development programme of broad appeal.  “A festival should be a celebration,” says Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, “now, more than ever. The Elgar Festival is a celebration of the life and music of Britain’s greatest composer that seeks to involve everyone in the community – people of all ages, backgrounds and interests, all coming together to celebrate our common heritage.  This year, our special focus is on coming back together as a community following this long and difficult time of separation and isolation.” The Festival’s Gala Concert will celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Worcester Charter.  The concert, entitled ‘Celebrating Friendship and Community’, will be led by the English Symphony Orchestra under their Conductor Kenneth Woods in an all-British programme which includes Ralph Vaughan Williams’s evocative song-cycle ‘On Wenlock Edge’ performed by tenor Mark Wilde, and Elgar’s well-loved ‘Enigma Variations’, which the composer dedicated "to my friends pictured within". Bringing Elgar homeOf all the great British composers, there can be few places that have as strong a musical resonance as Elgar’s Worcestershire; from the spectacular walking country of the Malvern Hills, the Victorian splendour of the spa town of Malvern and its Abbey, the majestic Cathedral of the county town itself, and the nostalgia of a visit to the composer’s idyllic country cottage birthplace. The Festival provides the perfect stimulus to explore these iconic locations, and to hear Elgar’s music in situ; often an overwhelming experience for audience and performers alike. Worcester Cathedral, Worcester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Worcester Cathedral
8 College Yard
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 2LA
England

Saturday 30th October 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

Ethel Smyth – The Wreckers Overture
Ralph Vaughan Williams – On Wenlock Edge
Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op.36

Performers

Mark Wilde – Tenor
Kenneth Woods – Conductor

English String Orchestra

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Programme Note

‘Elgar for Everyone’

Embodying the ethos ‘Elgar for Everyone’, the Festival engages with those of all ages and backgrounds in music and legacy at a number of integral venues of both historic interest and personal significance to the composer, including Worcester Cathedral and the Guildhall.

"...coming back together as a community"
Since its inauguration in 2018 – lauded as ‘Critic’s Pick’ in both The Guardian and The Times – the Festival has doubled in size and scale through an innovative development programme of broad appeal. “A festival should be a celebration,” says Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, “now, more than ever. The Elgar Festival is a celebration of the life and music of Britain’s greatest composer that seeks to involve everyone in the community – people of all ages, backgrounds and interests, all coming together to celebrate our common heritage. This year, our special focus is on coming back together as a community following this long and difficult time of separation and isolation.”

The Festival’s Gala Concert will celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the Worcester Charter. The concert, entitled ‘Celebrating Friendship and Community’, will be led by the English Symphony Orchestra under their Conductor Kenneth Woods in an all-British programme which includes Ralph Vaughan Williams’s evocative song-cycle ‘On Wenlock Edge’ performed by tenor Mark Wilde, and Elgar’s well-loved ‘Enigma Variations’, which the composer dedicated "to my friends pictured within".

Bringing Elgar home
Of all the great British composers, there can be few places that have as strong a musical resonance as Elgar’s Worcestershire; from the spectacular walking country of the Malvern Hills, the Victorian splendour of the spa town of Malvern and its Abbey, the majestic Cathedral of the county town itself, and the nostalgia of a visit to the composer’s idyllic country cottage birthplace. The Festival provides the perfect stimulus to explore these iconic locations, and to hear Elgar’s music in situ; often an overwhelming experience for audience and performers alike.

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