In this year of celebrations of what would have been the 150th birthday of Sir Edward Elgar, it’s good to read that rare footage of the composer has been unearthed.

The BBC website reports, “Rare footage of Sir Edward Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra is to be screened at the climax of a music festival in Powys. Some of the clips, including home movie shots of the composer at home with his dogs, are thought to have never been seen in public before.”

The hour-long film compilation was shown on June 24 at the Gregynog Festival, near Newtown, Powys in Wales.

Shots of Elgar conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, playing Land of Hope and Glory, are believed to have been filmed by British Pathe news at the famous Abbey Road studios in 1929.