Professor Paul Banks (St John's College, Oxford) will examine Edward Elgar’s and Gustav Mahler’s differing educational opportunities, career paths and conceptions of what a symphony could be. He will also discuss the development of Mahler as a concert conductor including his final years in New York where he gave four performances of music by Elgar.

Professor Paul Banks is active in higher education and as a curator of research collections. He received his doctorate on the early life of Gustav Mahler from St John’s College, Oxford. He is also a freelance musicologist, presenter and author interested in classical music and its history.

Tickets £20.
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