Elgar was of enough consequence locally to recommend the young composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor to the Three Choirs Festival for a concert piece, which helped establish the younger man's career.
Elgar adquiriu suficiente importancia a nivel local como para recomendar a Samuel Coleridge-Taylor para escribir unha peza de concerto para o Three Choirs Festival, que axudou a establecer a carreira do xove compositor.