It’s Elgar’s 150th birthday. One of England’s greatest composers, Elgar has always fought for respect, even at home. “There will not be wall-to-wall Elgar on Austrian Radio or in Italy, France and Germany. America has its Elgarians but they are not a major force, although over two weekends in August in New York there will be an astonishingly comprehensive survey of Elgar and his contemporaries.”