Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations" (Edward Elgar) – Upcoming Concerts

Seattle Symphony: Fauré Requiem

Seattle Symphony and Seattle Symphony Chorale
Saturday, November 23, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu — Requiem for String Orchestra
Gabriel Fauré — Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$36-$136

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Seattle Symphony: Fauré Requiem

Seattle Symphony and Seattle Symphony Chorale
Thursday, November 21, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu — Requiem for String Orchestra
Gabriel Fauré — Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$36-$136

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NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations

National Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne — This Moment (NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$19-$112 ($15-$100 wheelchair/companion)

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NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations

National Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne — This Moment (NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$19-$112

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NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations

National Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne — This Moment (NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$19-$100

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Symphony Tacoma: Portraits

Symphony Tacoma
Saturday, May 11, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — Ballade for Orchestra in A minor, Op. 33
Béla Bartók — Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112 (Kristin Lee, violin)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$28-$89

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Jewish Community Orchestra: Dvořák, Gernsheim, Elgar

Jewish Community Orchestra (PDX)
Sunday, April 7, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Mittleman Jewish Community Center, Portland, OR, United States
Antonín Dvořák — Slavonic Rhapsodies, Op. 45, B. 86 (No. 3)
Friedrich Gernsheim — Zu einem Drama, Op. 82
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$15 ($10 senior, $8 student); at the door only

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New York Youth Symphony: Hale, Montgomery, Elgar

New York Youth Symphony (NYYS)
Sunday, March 10, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage), New York, NY, United States
Grace Hale — This is Not a Dream (world premiere)
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Edvard Grieg — Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Texu Kim — Dub-Sanjo
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$25-$54 (student/senior discount tickets available at the box office)

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Annapolis Symphony: Masterworks IV – Portraits

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 3, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Hector Berlioz — Le Carnaval romain ("Roman Carnival Overture"), H. 95, Op. 9
Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$33.50-$91

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Annapolis Symphony: Masterworks IV – Portraits

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra
Friday, March 1, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD, United States
Hector Berlioz — Le Carnaval romain ("Roman Carnival Overture"), H. 95, Op. 9
Robert Schumann — Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$33.50-$91

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Austin Saxophone Ensemble & Austin Brass Collective: Firebird

Austin Saxophone Ensemble and Austin Brass Collective
Sunday, February 25, 2024 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (CST)
Vista Ridge High School Performing Arts Center, Cedar Park, Texas, USA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Le nozze di Figaro ("The Marriage of Figaro"), K. 492
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations" ("IX. Nimrod" & "Finale")
Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird Suite

$15 online, $20 at the door

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The Nashville Symphony: Elgar's Enigma

Nashville Symphony
Saturday, February 24, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (CST)
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, United States
Tania León — Stride
Samuel Barber — Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$25-$165

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The Nashville Symphony: Elgar's Enigma

Nashville Symphony
Friday, February 23, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (CST)
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, United States
Tania León — Stride
Samuel Barber — Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$25-$179

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The Nashville Symphony: Elgar's Enigma

Nashville Symphony
Thursday, February 22, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (CST)
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, United States
Tania León — Stride
Samuel Barber — Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$22-$122

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Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Valentines Concert – 'English Gardens'

Northwest Symphony Orchestra (NWSO)
Friday, February 9, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Ralph Vaughan Williams — Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Malcolm Arnold — English Dances (Set No. 1)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
Kari Cruver Medina — Viriditas; The Greening (world premiere)

$20 ($15 senior/student)

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Orchestra Lumos: Enigmatic Elgar

Orchestra Lumos
Sunday, November 12, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EST)
The Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank — Elegía Andina
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Tony Siqi Yun, piano)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$21-$85

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Orchestra Lumos: Enigmatic Elgar

Orchestra Lumos
Saturday, November 11, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
The Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT, United States
Gabriela Lena Frank — Elegía Andina
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (Tony Siqi Yun, piano)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$21-$85

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Charleston Symphony: Elgar's "Enigma"

Charleston Symphony
Saturday, September 23, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Charleston Gaillard Center, Charleston, SC, United States
Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68
Florence Price — Piano Concerto in One Movement
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$29-$160

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Charleston Symphony: Elgar's "Enigma"

Charleston Symphony
Friday, September 22, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Charleston Gaillard Center, Charleston, SC, United States
Maurice Ravel — Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68
Florence Price — Piano Concerto in One Movement
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

$29-$160

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Montgomery Philharmonic Summer Reading Session: Mahler Symphony No. 5 & Elgar 'Enigma Variations'

Montgomery Philharmonic
Monday, July 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, Gaithersburg, MD, United States
Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 5
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"

Free (RSVP required to participate)

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