Of particular interest to us here in Elgar country - Classical Music magazine reports that two lost works by Elgar – plus two forgotten arrangements – have been recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, under the baton of David Lloyd-Jones, who discovered the pieces while editing the Elgar Complete Edition’s volume of Elgar’s Short Orchestral Works.
Air de Ballet and Introduction to the Gavotte were reconstructed from parts discovered in the Elgar Birthplace archive.
One of the arrangements is a version of the beautiful song Pleading for violin and orchestra, which together with the Canto Popolare from In the South, for chamber orchestra was published during Elgar’s lifetime, but remain virtually unknown.
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Air de Ballet and Introduction to the Gavotte were reconstructed from parts discovered in the Elgar Birthplace archive.
One of the arrangements is a version of the beautiful song Pleading for violin and orchestra, which together with the Canto Popolare from In the South, for chamber orchestra was published during Elgar’s lifetime, but remain virtually unknown.
Read more here
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