As a mature composer, he orchestrated tunes he wrote as a child into his Nursery Suite and two The Wand of Youth suites. In 1932, he conducted a recording of his Violin Concerto in B minor, with Yehudi Menuhin as the soloist. His overtures include ones titled Froissart and In the South. He set a poem by Cardinal Newman for his oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius. An orchestral work by him contains portraits of his friends, including Augustus Jaeger,
As a mature composer, he orchestrated tunes he wrote as a child into his Nursery Suite and two The Wand of Youth suites. In 1932, he conducted a recording of his Violin Concerto in B minor, with Yehudi Menuhin as the soloist. His overtures include ones titled Froissart and In the South. He set a poem by Cardinal Newman for his oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius. An orchestral work by him contains portraits of his friends, including Augustus Jaeger, who is depicted in an Adagio called Nimrod, and is based on a mysterious, never-played theme. For 10 points, name this British composer of the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
As a mature composer, he orchestrated tunes he wrote as a child into his Nursery Suite and two The Wand of Youth suites.
Edward Elgar