Elgar Festival 2023 - Elgar for Everyone Family Concert

7:30pm

31st May 2023

Worcester Cathedral, 8 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA

Programme

Henry Purcell, arr. I Farrington  Abdelazer – Rondeau (BBC Ten Pieces)
attrib. Henry VIII, arr. L Ryan  Greensleeves
Jeremiah Clarke, arr. L Ryan  Prince of Denmark’s March
Denes Agay  Tango and Rumba from Five Easy Dances
Peter Warlock, arr. J McDonough  Basse-Danse, Pieds-en-l’air and Mattachins from Capriol Suite
Matthew Locke  Air, Allemande and Sarabande from Music for His Majesty’s Sackbutts and Cornetts
Maschwitz/Sherwin arr. Jack Gale  A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square 
arr. Calvin Custer  Themes from 007 James Bond
Ralph Vaughan Williams  March ‘Seventeen Come Sunday’ from English Folk Song Suite
Henry Purcell, arr. B Britten  Chaconne
Florence Price  Adoration
Edward Elgar, arr. I Farrington  Enigma Variations – Theme, 11, 6, 7 & Nimrod (BBC Ten Pieces)

Artists

ESO Youth Ensembles

Conductor: James Topp

About this Concert

Since its inception, the annual Elgar for Everyone Family Concert has become one of the favourite events of the festival, as young musicians from across Elgar Country perform a concert for Worcestershire families and children alongside their teachers and mentors. Join us for this uniquely uplifting event, sure to bring a smile to listeners of all ages.