When Edward Elgar debuted what came to be called his "Enigma Variations" in 1899, he left tantalizing clues in the score about a mystery contained... Elgar's 'Enigma' Still Keeps Music Detectives Busy ...

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 ...

One theme – endlessly talked about – and fourteen variations on it. Each variation was the result of a parlour game between Elgar and his wife, Alice. He’d played the theme to her, which he described ...

Elgar's Enigma Variations is a sublime piece of musical portraiture, developing the enigmatic melody that gives the work its title into 13 sketches of the composer's friends, signed off with a robust ...

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 ...

Amateur cryptologist Mark Pitt reckons he’s uncovered the hidden theme that’s baffled sleuths for more than 100 years Name: Enigma Variations. Age: 118. Appearance: Enigmatic. Something to do with ...

Martyn Brabbins follows fine, firmly unsentimental, bracingly muscular performances of two of Elgar’s best known orchestral works – the Enigma Variations and the concert overture In the South – with ...

Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma' Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Symphony No. 6 Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer Colin Davis, Conductor ...

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 ...

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 ...