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 ...

The Central Oregon Symphony’s Winter Concert this weekend at Caldera High School features the year’s Young Artist Competition winners. The competition is held each December, and because of the ...

‘Nimrod’ from Elgar’s Enigma Variations has become a favourite at British cultural events, from King Charles’ coronation to the 2012 Olympics. The composer named his theme ‘Nimrod’, the name of a ...

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 ...

The York Symphony Orchestra presents Elgar’s Enigma: British Beauties concert with in-person theatre seats and 48-hour digital access options. Tickets start at $11! SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR The ...

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1923) is one of England’s greatest composers, best known for big works like his “Enigma Variations,” the violin and cello concertos, the oratorio “The Dream of Gerontius” and, ...

For a lazy afternoon’s amusement, composer Edward Elgar improvised a new melody on the piano then made variations on it that musically resembled some of his friends. His wife, Alice, suggested he ...

Sir Edward Elgar, the Englishman who put English music back on the the international map early in the 20th century with his Enigma Variations, wrote his grand Violin Concerto in B-Minor in 1910. It ...