Introduction by Nicholas Kenyon; Part 1: Elgar the Man; Orchestrating his own life: Sir Edward Elgar as a historical personality - David Cannadine; Elgar's biography, Elgar's repute: themes and variations - Julian Rushton; A View from 1955 - Diana McVeagh; Elgar the Catholic - Stephen Hough; Part 2: Elgar the Composer; Elgar in Manuscript - Robert Anderson; Elgar the Composer - Christopher Kent; Elgar the Progressive - Hans Keller; Elgar's Church Music - Adrian Partington; A Sixth pomp and Circumstance March - Anthony Payne; Part 3: Performing Elgar; Conducting Elgar - Mark Elder in conversation with Richard Morrison; The Role of the Angel in the Dream of Gerontius - Janet Baker; Sir Edward Elgar: My Musical Grandfather - Yehudi Menhuin; The Violin Concerto - Tasmin Little; The Cello Concerto: Jacqueline du Pre's Recordings - Andrew Keener; Part 4: The Legacy; An Honoured Trust: The Elgar Foundation and the Birthplace; Museum - Michael Messenger; Index.
Elgar, Edward, -- 1857-1934 -- Criticism and interpretation.