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Uploaded by on Apr 24, 2010

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)

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

  • wonder what he is saying at 3:10 ?

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

  • Lovely!

  • 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.

  • what a fascinating man he was and still is

  • How moving, thanks a lot.

  • Beautifully done and a great record of a great composer. Thanks so much.

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