The Central Oregon Symphony’s Winter Concert this weekend at Caldera High School features the year’s Young Artist Competition winners. The competition is held each December, and because of the ...

Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's Enigma Variations, a series of 13 musical sketches of the composer's friends which concludes with a representation of the composer himself. Show more Stephen Johnson ...

The “Enigma” Variations was written as a set of musical character sketches of Edward Elgar’s friends, with the first variation cast as a tender tribute to his wife and the finale as a rousing ...

Edward Elgar's "Enigma Variations" still keeps listeners guessing. What's so "enigmatic?" Elgar said that his original theme for his set of variations hints at another theme, a popular tune perhaps, ...

Elgar's Enigma Variations is a sublime piece of musical portraiture, developing the enigmatic melody that gives the work its title into 13 sketches of the composer's friends, signed off with a robust ...

At first glance, the present coupling seems a somewhat bizarre notion, yet there are some interesting parallels between the two works. Both are sets of variations, Hindemith’s orchestral concerto ...

Conductor Andrew Davis explores the stories behind one of the most famous pieces of English music - Elgar's Enigma Variations - and through it, a hidden portrait of Elgar himself. Show more Conductor ...

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One theme – endlessly talked about – and fourteen variations on it. Each variation was the result of a parlour game between Elgar and his wife, Alice. He’d played the theme to her, which he described ...

Ever since the work’s premiere in 1899, academics have struggled to uncover the original identity of the theme that appears in all 14 variations. The clues left by Elgar have led to various solutions ...

ORIGINAL composition drafts of Sir Edward Elgar's masterpiece The Enigma Variations are expected to fetch up to #30,000 at auction tomorrow. The sale of the drafts of what is considered to be one of ...