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| Edward Elgar and his wife Caroline Alice |
4 Dec 2020, Fri
AIR FM Goa
Siesta Time 2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Western Classical Music
HIGHLIGHT
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
‘Variations on an original theme,’ (Enigma) Opus 36
Variation No. 9, ‘Nimrod,’ Adagio
Years of composition: 1898-1899
Duration: 4 mins
Siesta Time 2.30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Western Classical Music
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
‘Variations on an original theme,’ (Enigma) Opus 36
Variation No. 9, ‘Nimrod,’ Adagio
Duration: 4 mins
LISTEN: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Maxime Tortelier (2013)
Live stream on https://onlineradiofm.in/goa/panaji/fm-rainbow
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Edward Elgar was an English composer. The variations are a set of 15 short compositions. They are based on different people -- and a bulldog Dan, who fell into the river Wye. ‘Nimrod’ is the 9th variation. Elgar wrote it for his publisher August Jaeger of the music publishing firm ‘Novello and company’ - whom he fondly called ‘Nimrod.’
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Edward Elgar was an English composer. The variations are a set of 15 short compositions. They are based on different people -- and a bulldog Dan, who fell into the river Wye. ‘Nimrod’ is the 9th variation. Elgar wrote it for his publisher August Jaeger of the music publishing firm ‘Novello and company’ - whom he fondly called ‘Nimrod.’
The variations remain a mystery
or enigma because Elgar did not reveal what theme he based them on. Some feel
he based it on the adagio of Mozart’s ‘Prague’ Symphony which shifts between G
minor and G major – like the Enigma’s theme. It is a stirring composition and
has been used extensively as a background score for patriotic occasions in the
United Kingdom – notably Churchill’s funeral, and the evacuation of British forces at Dunkirk in 1940. More at elgar.org
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Pic courtesy: fineartamerica(dot)com; Painting by Roger Payne. Notes by Brian Mendonca.
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