The Elgar Festival and the English Symphony Orchestra are pleased to present these performances from the Gala Concert at the 2021 Elgar Festival, recorded in Worcester Cathedral on 30 October, 2021. Learn more and follow the score at:
https://eso.co.uk/enigmavariations/
Ethel Smyth – Overture to The Wreckers
Sir Edward Elgar – Variations on an Original Theme, opus 36 “Enigma Variations”
10:09 Theme (Enigma: Andante)
11:33 Variation I (L’istesso tempo) “C.A.E.”
13:30Variation II (Allegro) “H.D.S-P.”
14:24 Variation III (Allegretto) “R.B.T.”
15:46 Variation IV (Allegro di molto) “W.M.B.”
16:18 Variation V (Moderato) “R.P.A.”
18:12 Variation VI (Andantino) “Ysobel”
19:24 Variation VII (Presto) “Troyte”
20:20 Variation VIII (Allegretto) “W.N.”
22:28 Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod”
26:49 Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) “Dorabella”
29:30 Variation XI (Allegro di molto) “G.R.S.”
30:38 Variation XII (Andante) “B.G.N.”
33:30 Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) “ * * * “
36:33 Variation XIV (Finale: Allegro) “E.D.U.”
English Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Woods – conductor
4 Responses
Beautiful!
If only Ethel had been able to know that her music would still be played and enjoyed in the twenty-first century.
Elgar after 10 mins
Good!