Elgar conducts

I must confess, I have never actually heard a recording of this piece of music that I like until I have heard this little snippet. I will hunt down a CD.

Very nice, thanks for uploading.

Fraid I found it stodgy.

Just uploaded is an Elgar montage to the backdrop of his own incomparable 1933 recording of the Prelude to The Kingdom. The montage includes rare film of Elgar talking to the camera (a silent film alas!), playing with his dogs, etc. as well as still shots of Elgar and the beautiful English countryside that inspired him. Visit "Elgar conducts Prelude to The Kingdom" (or add "/watch?v=VVU9CXPq-oo" to YouTube's url to find it)

You can see more of this film, including Elgar talking to the orchestra before he begins conducting, at "Elgar conducting Pomp and Circumstance March no.1" (or add "/watch?v=gxqFdcZz974" to YouTube's url to find it)

The complete film has just been posted as "Elgar conducting Pomp and Circumstance March no.1" and includes Elgar talking to the orchestra before he begins conducting.

I have heard him called old fashioned, backward looking etc
What does it matter when the music is great?

Thank you for posting this rare film of one of the greatest musical geniuses of all time, someone who is easily worthy of standing alongside Frederic Chopin and Johann Sebastian Bach. The whole video is available in the UK on a BBC DVD (alas not available in the US format).

aparantly, Robert Schumann rarely conducted his own compositions because the orchestra couldn't stand his lack of conducting ability.