GIG

The Apostles was composed for the 1903 Birmingham Festival, its seeds sown by a teacher’s remark Elgar never forgot: ‘Christ’s disciples were young men, and very poor, perhaps no cleverer than some of you here.’ For Sir Mark, it’s the closest Elgar came to writing an opera and he particularly admires its opening – the mystical introduction, then dawn over Jerusalem, setting the scene for an epic.

EVENT TIMES

18:00 - 22:00

GENRES

Classical, Instrumental