TalkTalks
Why Did Elgar Give Up Serious Composition? — Richard Westwood-Brookes
Price
£11
The talks themselves are free; normal property admission applies. Adult £11, child age 5–17 £5.50, under 5 free, family £27.50, one-adult family £16.50; members free. Optional Gift Aid and group rates differ. Whole-property tariff is published through 28 February 2027.
Where
The Firs visitor centre, Elgar’s Birthplace, Crown East Lane, Lower Broadheath, Worcestershire, WR2 6RH
About
A short illustrated talk examines Elgar’s fourteen-year creative silence after Alice Elgar died in 1920, asking whether grief was the only cause.
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