Special Elgar Society event, Sunday 11th May 2014

‘When England held her breath’ Composing in wartime: Elgar and his contemporaries Sunday 11th May 2014, 10.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DT

Music has a special role to play in times of national emergency. To commemorate the beginning of World War I, the London Branch of The Elgar Society and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama present a day seminar focusing on composers working in the UK and further afield during the war years. Illustrated talks will be given by experts in the subject, musical examples will be performed by Guildhall students, and the day finishes with a song recital. For full programme and booking details see: http://www.gsmd.ac.uk/about_the_school/home/view_all_events/?tx_julleevents_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=3671