Elgar: The Man Behind the Music (BBC4) Music Room: Howard Goodall with Julian Lloyd Webber (Sky Arts 2)

Today this column goes a little bit upmarket with two scholarly programmes about classical music. That's not to say there wasn't some fun in both.The Elgar programme explored the character of a complex man. On the one hand he was the great Englishman, robust and patriotic, brimming with Pomp and Circumstance. Da da dadada da da (that's the Land of Hope and Glory tune if you don't read music). But he was also a prickly chap with a big chip on his shoulder – rude, unlovable, angry. A depressive,...

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