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BBC Documentaries - Elgar: The Man Behind the Mask

Seizoen: 2010 - Aflevering: 129 / 1263 - Eerst uitgezonden: 12 november 2010 - Episode ID: 535624

The composer of Land of Hope and Glory is often regarded as the quintessential English gentleman, but Edward Elgar's image of hearty nobility was deliberately contrived. In reality, he was the son of a shopkeeper, who was awkward, nervous, self-pitying and often rude, while his marriage to his devoted wife Alice was complicated by romantic entanglements which fired his creative energy. In this revelatory portrait of a musical genius, John Bridcut explores the secret conflicts in Elgar's nature which produced some of Britain's greatest music.