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| Composer | Elgar, Sir Edward (1857-1934) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1899 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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ManchesterRush Hour: Enigma Variations
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Richter, Belli, Elgar
The Hallé; Kahchun Wong; Anna Lapwood; Ladies of the Hallé Choir
BrusselsEnigma Variations
Sibelius, Elgar
Brussels Philharmonic; Felix Mildenberger; Liza Ferschtman
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Dinis Sousa and the OAE present Elgar on period instruments
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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Dinis Sousa bravely venture into Elgar at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, with mixed success.
Requiems and riddles: Seattle Symphony muses on the ultimate questions
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Kazuki Yamada returns to the Seattle Symphony with a pair of Requiems and a rousing Elgar Enigma.
Karen Gomyo knocks it out of the park with Dvořák in Montreal
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Montreal-bred Karen Gomyo steals the show in Dvořák's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under guest conductor John Storgårds.
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StockholmEnigma Variations
MacMillan, Elgar
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Ryan Bancroft; Marie Macleod
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Music of life: Kazuki Yamada on Elgar’s Enigma Variations
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The chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra discusses his love and fascination for Elgar’s deeply personal work – and his experiences performing it for the first time.
Bachtrack top ten: Edward Elgar
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Quintessentially English or establishment outsider? Elgar was seen as provincial – and was never more at home than in his beloved Malvern Hills – but he had a European outlook.