Here's a musical riddle that has kept people guessing for over a century. English composer Edward Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, ('Enigma') op. 36 is one of England's most beloved musical ...

Houston Symphony presents Elgar’s Enigma Variations, featuring one of the most beloved works in all of classical music. Conceived as a “musical photo album,” with each variation presenting a sketch of ...

From a single melody, Elgar cleverly created 14 different variations capturing caricature-like aspects of his friends and family (and even a dog). This weekend, audiences are invited to witness this ...

Jon Robertson conducted one of his favorite pieces of music Saturday night in his next-to-the-last concert as music director of the Redlands Symphony Orchestra. That favorite was Edward Elgar’s ...

In the South, 'Alassio' Martyn Brabbins, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' Martyn Brabbins, Conductor BBC Scottish Symphony ...

Michael Lunts presents a one-man musical drama about the life of Edward Elgar, focusing on the complex relationship he had with his beloved wife Alice. The friends who inspired the famous ‘Enigma ...

(The) Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Paavo Järvi, Conductor Benjamin Britten, Composer Peter Grimes, Movements: Interlude (Dawn) Paavo Järvi, Conductor Cincinnati ...

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The 'Enigma Variations'The orchestra at last summer's Music Academy of the West, in Santa Barbara, Calif., plays the "Enigma Variations," by Edward Elgar.