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Wrapped in a RiddleNew York Times (blog)Sir Edward Elgar wrote “The Enigma Variations” between 1898-1899 as a musical cryptogram, affectionately portraying one of his close friends in each of the 14 Variations. The wonderful thing about this piece is not the identities of the friends ...

New Haven Symphony Orchestra takes a season-ending bow Thursday evening (video)New Haven RegisterBoughton and his musicians will present Elgar's Enigma, an ambitious program of short pieces, climaxed by Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, op. 36, at Woolsey Hall. The climactic piece is one of the composer's grandest works, appreciated even more so ...and more »

Jump on Board the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant With the Official iPad AppSacramento Bee... Diamond Jubilee Pageant, during which it will perform popular works by great British and Commonwealth composers written during the time of the Queen's reign, including Pomp & Circumstance, 'Nimrod' from Enigma Variations and music from The Planets.and more »

Composer Jonathan Dove to write portrait in music to orderThe GuardianWhen Edward Elgar composed his Enigma Variations, he created lasting musical portraits of several of the people he was close to. Picking out themes to describe the anonymous characters of Nimrod or Dorabella, he dedicated it to "my friends pictured ...and more »

Music review: Ben Johnston shines in MicroFest spotlightLos Angeles TimesThe last of its four movements is a set of variations, but as in Elgar's "Enigma Variations," the theme is hidden until the end. That theme is "Danny Boy" — yes "Danny Boy" — first disguised as a kind off-kilter, off-key Renaissance dances.