Elgar Rare Uncut Home Movies

A collection of movies taken of the composer Edward Elgar towards the end of his life. The films feature his daughter Carice and Elgars two dogs: Marco, a spaniel, and Mina, a Cairn terrier.
Also featured in the films are Billy Reed, Ivor Atkins and other friends closely associated with Elgar.
The short musical extracts are as follows:
Violin Concerto (Menuhin and Elgar)
Serenade for strings (Barbirolli)
Introduction and Allegro (Barbirolli)
Symphony no.2 (Boult)
Ave Verum Corpus (Neil Taylor with Sheffield Cathedral Choir)

[@slushpump2338]

At the 3:00 minute point, when he's looking right into the camera, I wish I were really there so I could tell him "Thank you and God bless you, Sir Edward, for filling my life with a half-century of musical joy."

[@apolinary29]

we must be twin souls. i had the very same feeling.

[@geoffharris9396]

My neice's husband's great grandfather went to school with Edward Elgar at Littleton near Worcester and sat at adjoining desks !

[@hannahworthington8589]

Not only one of the greatest composers to ever live, but a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan 🐺🐺🐺 God bless you Edward

[@gerontius34]

Wonderful videos. The great man gave us so much to treasure, I could not imagine life without Elgar's music. And the dogs are adorable...

[@gjdngnd]

amazing video of an amazing composer truly one of the greatest, Sir Edward Elgar

[@all1rog]

The scene at about 4.00 also features Vera Hockman, Elgar's last great love, who inspired his unfinished 3rd symphony and was entirely neglected by biographers until very recently. (See Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask - on KZbin)

[@sospiroso]

Please check out our fresh interpretations of Elgar's music showing a different side to him....quite often it's the interpretation that can be off putting as styles and fashions change over the years. Through our violin and piano renditions we try to convey the essence of what his music means in a respectful and unpretentious way. Elgar Through The Years.........

[@buddyjoe226]

wonderful,What a great man,Thanks for sharing :-)

[@dieschonemullerin]

How moving, thanks a lot.

[@1AdrianR]

Lovely!

[@Torowe1]

wish we could ask him the secret of the "Enigma" .....

[@Ziegler-boothBlogspot]

Thank you for posting this charming video. I particularly enjoyed Elgar interacting with his dogs and seeing the chafffeur opening the door of his sumptious car to take them home again!

[@andrewsims4123]

my favourite story is when a restaurant waiter brought a telephone to his table and the other people at the table could hear dogs barking when they heard their masters voice speaking to them.

[@pattomuso]

Dogs....with their pats, treats & riding in cars, nothing has really changed!

[@rvaughanwilliams1988]

love his dogs!!!!!

[@laurelpearse6243]

Samuel Blake my uncle married Sir Elgar;s daughter Carice

[@manchestertart5614]

It’s Sir Edward.

[@E-Kat]

How interesting!! You must have so many stories about her and her famous dad!! So incredible! Thank you for letting us know. 😊

[@elainemarsh64]

The violinist is Elgar's great friend Billy Reed.

[@Skidoo22]

Elgar - the opitome of England

[@dermotmccaul1833]

Lovely.

[@sospiroso]

Please check out our fresh interpretations of Elgar's music showing a different side to him....quite often it's the interpretation that can be off putting as styles and fashions change over the years. Through our violin and piano renditions we try to convey the essence of what his music means in a respectful and unpretentious way. Elgar Through The Years.........

[@martincook318]

Having got a copy of the 1932 Recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto on>(1 Pre war 78rpm Records in the Pre war album Record Numbers DB-1751 DB-1756)>(2 On the 1957 Reissue Red and Gold ALP-1456 and in the HMV Treasury Serious Record Number HLM-7107)>( and on C-D)I can truthfully say that this Recording is a Timeless Classic and I've been Collecting Yehudi Menuhin's Records for over forty years both on Pre War 78rpm and LP Vinyl and I've also got a Mint first Pressing Stereo of Yehudi Menuhin's 1966 Recording of the Elgar Violin Concerto His Master's Voice Record Number ASD-2259

[@plumjam]

Lovely video. Thanks.

[@271250cl]

Dr. Vaughan Williams! How nice to see you're still alive! When can we expect your 10th Symphony? Perhaps you've finished that Cello Concerto by now? ;o)

[@Torowe1]

(OK ... enough already with the dogs ..... !!)

[@christinemarion1321]

Does anyone else think that the young Yehudi Menuhin carrying the violin is with the party at about 2:20?

[@JackGibbonsHQ]

No that's Elgar's close friend and leader of the LSO Billy Reed.

[@egapnala65]

At 2:23 Looks like Percy Grainger??!!

[@tomkent4656]

It's Billy Reed, violinist and friend of Elgar.

[@peterbently1533]

Poignant. Can anyone lipread what he is saying to camera from 2.59?

[@richardmackota5463]

ya, I'm a professional lip reader at UC Berkeley, he said " don't forget to buy my new CD Enigma Variations goes Broadway, which will be out in February" or something to that effect

[@ZJStrudwick]

Hello Mr. Bently, small world! Your son's rendition of Elgar's great cello concerto was absolutely fantastic in a break at a Cornwall Youth Orchestra rehearsal!

[@SirMelMcRotch]

I'm pretty sure that when he looks around him at the end of the close-up, he says "Where's Vera?" - referring to his last muse and companion, Vera Hockmann. (As for the rest, maybe he's saying to the camera "Pssst! Quick, let me tell you the secret of the 'Enigma Variations'! ") Any expert lip-readers care to chip in?

[@MsPandaRosa]

Looks like there's three dogs, not just the two named ones, Marco and Mina. Anybody know the name of the third? They all look friendly.

[@2xanaida]

Marco the spaniel and Mina and Meg the border terriers. There’s a fourth terrier at one point - possibly Carice’s as she had one too

[@Torowe1]

wonder what he is saying at 3:10 ?

[@Nai61a]

I hope not, I really do.

[@Nai61a]

Sorry to say, I could do without a great deal of Elgar. There are some very fine pieces, but there are an awful lot which just make me think of the hardness of the pews in Hereford Cathedral. The deadly-dull, prolix, amorphus, maudlin choral works ... On the other hand, there's the 'cello concerto, the serenade for strings and the intro and allegro. I was told that as I got older I'd appreciate Elgar's stuff more ... Sadly that's not the case.