Journal August 2016 Vol.19, No. 5 The Elgar Society Journal The Society 18 Holtsmere Close, Watford, Herts., WD25 9NG Email:
[email protected] August 2016 Vol. 19, No. 5 President Editorial 3 Julian Lloyd Webber FRCM Frank Schuster – Elgar’s patron 4 Richard Smith Vice-Presidents Who is the real soul of the Violin Concerto? 19 Diana McVeagh Richard Westwood-Brookes Dame Janet Baker, CH, DBE Leonard Slatkin Theology applied to music: The Dream of Gerontius revisited 26 Sir Andrew Davis, CBE Lino Bianco Donald Hunt, OBE Christopher Robinson, CVO, CBE Bach in Gerontius? A Discussion 35 Andrew Neill Hugh Morris Sir Mark Elder, CBE Martyn Brabbins ‘A confusion of ideas’ – Rootham, Elgar and ‘For the Fallen’ 39 Tasmin Little, OBE Martin Bird CD reviews 53 Martin Bird, Richard Westwood-Brookes, Andrew Neill, Michael Plant Chairman Steven Halls Letters 60 David Morris Vice-Chairman Stuart Freed 100 Years Ago 61 Treasurer Helen Whittaker Secretary George Smart The Editor does not necessarily agree with the views expressed by contributors, nor does the Elgar Society accept responsibility for such views. Front Cover: Elgar’s snapshot of Frank Schuster on board HMS Surprise, Autumn 1905 (Arthur Reynolds collection) Notes for Contributors. Please adhere to these as far as possible if you deliver writing (as is much preferred) in Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format. A longer version is available in case you are prepared to do the formatting, but for the present the editor is content to do this. Copyright: it is the contributor’s responsibility to be reasonably sure that copyright permissions, if Editorial required, are obtained.