BBC Music April 2015

English Music Special

Three Choirs Festival We celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford choirs' festival

Edward Gardner Jame Naughtie meets the British conductor

Elgar and his bike Rick Jones dresses up and reconstructs the English composer's journey from Great Malvern to Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

Thomas Beecham Daniel Jaffé celebrates the great English conductor

Festivals guide With the summer festival season looming on the horizon, we name the best events to attend here and abroad

Gerald Finzi The life and work of British music's master of melacholy is explored by Paul Spicer

Dido and Aeneas Anna Picard names the finest recordings of Purcell's great opera

Plus, on your free cover CD: Elgar: Sea Pictures • Bax: Tintagel • Stanford: Songs of the Sea

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