Enigma Variations

Name: Enigma Variations
Start: 2025-06-04T19:00:00
Location: Southbank Centre

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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In 1898, as the new century approached Edward Elgar was 41, a composer of some repute but struggling for recognition. One evening he improvised variations upon a whimsical theme to his wife, Alice, inpsired by characteristics of his friends. It grew from something “commenced in a spirit of humour and continued in deep seriousness” into something more substantial. It is believed that Elgar hid another melody within his theme, but despite many theo...

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Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations

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Dinis Sousa

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Frances Gregory

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Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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