Sir Edward Elgar : Mina. John Atkinson Grimshaw : Paintings.

The "Mina" of the title of this piece was a cairn terrier, one of the dogs that became the focus of Elgar's life after the death of his wife Alice. The piece itself is quite charming and is played here by the Northern Sinfonia of England, conducted by Richard Hickox. The paintings are by the English artist John Atkinson Grimshaw, the "Painter of Moonlight".