Bob Padgett's notes on Elgar's Enigma Variations . The Texas musician continues to search for hidden clues in the British composer's famous piece. Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing ...

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 ...

Lily Sullivan is among the winners of Central Oregon Symphony's Young Artist Competition, held in December. The Central Oregon Symphony’s Winter Concert this weekend at Caldera High School features ...

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 ...

Book your tickets today to hear Edinburgh’s first resident philharmonic orchestra for almost 90 years brings its first annual season to a conclusion with one of the most perplexing pieces of music ...

The York Symphony Orchestra presents Elgar’s Enigma: British Beauties concert with in-person theatre seats and 48-hour digital access options. Tickets start at $11! SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR The ...

The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra is opening its 2023-24 season with "Elgar's Enigma" on Saturday, Sept. 30, at the Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, the symphony's home venue. Soprano Amanda Majeski, ...

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Music Director Laureate Miguel Harth-Bedoya returns to lead the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in a memorable evening. In a brilliant bit of musical mischief, Edward Elgar said that the melody to ...

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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 ...