Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, scored for solo string quartet and string orchestra, is one of the central pinnacles of the orchestral repertoire. In 1904, a crisis arose when Sir Henry Wood, ...
The position of Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro for Strings in his composing life is quite striking. It was written after the Enigma Variations, after Sea Pictures, and after the Pomp and ...
Elgar was a string-player, a violinist of considerable ability – the concerto and the sonata he wrote for the instrument are some of his most characteristic and personal works. Two works for string ...