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 ...
It is the musical puzzle that has seen Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, the works of Shakespeare and even the mathematical formula for Pi suggested as possible answers. But now a respected art critic has ...
Conductor Martyn Brabbins celebrated his 60th birthday in fine fashion: with a new commission for 14 composers to create their own set of orchestral variations on an anonymous theme, mirroring the ...
Seven Days Walking: Day One is Einaudi's first instalment of a seven-step album release that will take place across the next seven months. He will be releasing a new album every month, each one ...
The BBC Philharmonic perform one of the most well-known and much loved pieces in the British classical music canon, Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, filmed at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.
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 ...
Stephen Johnson explores Elgar's "Enigma Variations", a series of 13 musical sketches of the composer's friends which concludes with a representation of Elgar himself. The theme of the variations was ...
Despite some disappointing early performances, Tchaikovsky grew to value his First Concerto above all his other piano compositions. The work that finally made Elgar famous was a happy accident. While ...
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