Name: Elgar’s Enigma
Start: 2024-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Lighthouse

Organization

Conductor

Tom Fetherstonhaugh

Instrumentalist

István Várdai

Cello

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Elgar’s Enigma

Poole

United Kingdom

Lighthouse

Concert Hall

Elgar’s Enigma: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, op. 105 Sibelius (+3 More)

Public

Symphony No. 7 in C Major Op. 105

Cello concerto

The Unanswered Question

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36

Approved

A work dazzling in its ingenuity, technical skill and range of expression Enigma Variations was an immediate popular success and catapulted Elgar into national and international fame. The original theme is remarkable in that it has the same rhythm whether it is played forwards or backwards, and the two halves of the phrase suggest two different keys that create drama into the melody. Sibelius’ last symphony shines with a unique radiance. It is the culmination of a lifetime of work in the direction of concision and organic unity within symphonic form; themes and ideas mingling together in a seamless tapestry of motifs. Schumann’s Cello Concerto is a thoughtful work, at times contemplative and questioning, at others stormy and tumultuous, even playful. Ives referred to The Unanswered Question as a “cosmic landscape” in which the strings portray “the silences of the Druids.” Over that quiet background the solo trumpet phrase asks “the perennial question of existence.”

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble