Episode 1
Stephen Johnson and Donald Macleod explore the Midlands landscapes that inspired Elgar's music and pay a visit to the Malvern Hills.
Stephen Johnson joins Donald Macleod to explore the landscapes of Herefordshire and Worcestershire that inspired much of the music of Edward Elgar.
They investigate the influence of the Malvern Hills on the composer, visiting his grave and one of his former homes on the steep hillside in Little Malvern, and climb right to the summit of the Herefordshire Beacon and its British Camp earthworks, the setting that inspired Elgar's Caractacus.
Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
Chandos 241-4, CD1 Tr 16
Adagio - Moderato (Cello Concerto in E minor)
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra
John Barbirolli (conductor)
EMI Classics 556 219, Tr 1
Three Bavarian Dances
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
Chandos 241-4 CD2, Trs 12-14
Woodland Interlude (Caractacus)
London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Chandos 9156 CD1, Tr 12
Cockaigne Overture (In London Town)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Teldec 9031-73279-2, Tr 1.
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