America's leading British conductor, Benjamin Zander, is preparing to conduct what he believes to be England's greatest symphony, Elgar's First. Over a cup of English tea in his very English study, he feels... not exactly angry. Slighted might be a better word for it. "When the symphony had its premiere in 1909," he says, "the audience recognized immediately that they were listening to a masterpiece. After the gorgeous slow movement, they applauded so vigorously that the music could not continue...
The Elgar Enigma: Why Has England's Greatest Symphony All But Vanished?
The Huffington Post - 16 Feb 2016 23:11
America's leading British conductor, Benjamin Zander, is preparing to conduct what he believes to be England's greatest symphony, Elgar's First. Over a cup of English tea in his very English study, he feels... not exactly angry. Slighted might be a better word for it. "When the symphony had its premiere in 1909," he says, "the audience recognized immediately that they were listening to a masterpiece. After the gorgeous slow movement, they applauded so vigorously that the music could not continue...
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