Academic Dayschool: No Payne, No Gain (A study of Elgar's Third Symphony)

For 25 years the composer Anthony Payne pondered and absorbed the 130 pages of sketches which Elgar left of his 3rd Symphony. Payne finally made a full-length realisation of the work, first performed to great acclaim in 1998, and Elgar's own description of the work as: "the strongest thing I've put on paper" had been thrillingly demonstrated at last. Payne's profound identification with the skeches, the detective work, decisions, and the skill and courage needed to invent an ending of the final movement - all of this is a fascinating story.

Anyone can enrol! Please contact Ruth Hill, Lifelong Learning Administrator, to enrol.

• Course fee: £22.50
• Accreditation: 3 Credits at Level 0
• Course Code: W07C002OSA
• Key reading and References:
  • Elgar, Symphony No. 3 Full Score (Boosey and Hawkes)
  • Anthony Payne, Elgar Third Symphony, the Story of the Reconstruction (Faber)
  • W.H.Reed: Elgar as I Knew Him (OUP)
• Method of Assessment: Teaching and Learning Questionnaire