John Barbirolli
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Sir John Barbirolli was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for t
Barbirolli in 1960
Southampton Row blue plaque
Royal Academy of Music, London
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Symphony No. 1 (Elgar)
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Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter in Manchester, England, o
Elgar in 1917
The theme of the second movement (top) transformed in the third movement (bottom)