For a period of six years, from 1879 to 1884, Edward Elgar was the bandmaster of the Worcester County and City Pauper Lunatic Asylum in the village of Powick, England, and his responsibilities included the writing of dance music for the patients' "weekly amusements." This album by Elgar scholar Barry Collett and the Innovation Chamber Ensemble (consisting of members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), presents music that is practically unknown to the public, and includes premiere recordings of Elgar's Menuetto, ...
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For a period of six years, from 1879 to 1884, Edward Elgar was the bandmaster of the Worcester County and City Pauper Lunatic Asylum in the village of Powick, England, and his responsibilities included the writing of dance music for the patients' "weekly amusements." This album by Elgar scholar Barry Collett and the Innovation Chamber Ensemble (consisting of members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra), presents music that is practically unknown to the public, and includes premiere recordings of Elgar's Menuetto, an audition piece for the job, as well as A Singing Quadrille, and the Andante and Allegro for oboe and string trio, which were composed during his tenure. This album could easily be dismissed as a curiosity that only Elgar buffs and fans of light music would find interesting, for there are no famous pieces here. However, the skill of the compositions and the sophistication of the orchestration indicate a high degree of craft, and the pieces reveal ingenious solutions to writing for...
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