No orchestra, just an organ filling a concert hall with a mass of sound. Here’s proof that music is magic. If ever you’re feeling delicate, Edward Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ can be an overwhelming listen, from ...

‘Nimrod’ from Elgar’s Enigma Variations has been crowned the greatest piece of British classical music in a Classic FM poll. Edward Elgar’s abiding melody ‘Nimrod’, from his 1899 Enigma Variations, ...

Professor Julian Lloyd Webber conducts musicians from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in a socially-distanced tribute to Elgar Professor Julian Lloyd Webber, Principal of the Royal Birmingham ...

The musicians of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra performed Variations on an Original Theme Enigma, Op. 36 - Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" by Edward Elgar. "We are looking ahead to brighter days when ...

SOME music arouses sad or happy emotions because of past events that we associate with it (the 'Listen, darling, they're playing our tune' syndrome) but this doesn't account for the fact that some ...

Tom Winpenny’s new recording joins a fairly crowded field of excellent surveys of Elgar’s organ music. For several years Thomas Trotter’s splendid 2006 album from Salisbury Cathedral (Regent, 8/07) ...

Elgar's active years spanned both the Romantic period and the start of the 20th century. His work is often anthemic or evocative of the British countryside, and holds much national appeal, even to ...

Ruth Padel presents a series exploring the music of Elgar's Enigma Variations and analysing what the composition tells us about Elgar himself. The Variations depict 13 of Elgar's friends as well as ...

"Nimrod" from Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations has become a symbol of remembrance to the British. Sir George Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.