Conducting Elgar is not about control, it’s about companionship | Conductor Jason Thornton on Edward Elgar

Jason Thornton
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Artistic Director of the Budleigh Music Festival, Jason Thornton looks back on years learning the intricacies of exploring, listening to and conducting the music of Edward Elgar

'Interpretative precedence in Elgar is a rich but delicate inheritance' | Conductor Jason Thornton
'Interpretative precedence in Elgar is a rich but delicate inheritance' | Conductor Jason Thornton

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