Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1901, with Alfred Rodewald conducting the Liverpool Orchestral Society. Elgar and his wife attended, and it was a "frantic" success. Both marches were played two days later at a London Promenade Concert (which the Elgars unintentionally missed) in the Queen's Hall London, conducted by Henry Wood, with March No. 1 played second. Wood remembered that the audience "...rose and yelled... the one and only time in the history of the Promenade concerts that an orchestral item was accorded a double encore." The "Trio" contains the tune known as "Land of Hope and Glory". In 1902 the tune was re-used, in
Pomp and Circumstance Marches aisle of St Paul's Cathedral out to the portico and the waiting crowds. The march has an opening section consisting mainly of two-bar rhythmic phrases which are repeated in various forms, and a lyrical "Trio" constructed like the famous "Land of Hope and Glory" trio of March No. 1. The first eight bars of the march is played by the full orchestra with the melody played by the violas and upper woodwind. Both harps play from the beginning, while the cellos, double basses and timpani contribute a simple bass figure. The bass clarinet, contrabassoon, trombones and tuba are held "in