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Proms 2024
25 Jul 2023, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2023 Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations

Prom 14
Prom 14: Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations
19:00 Tue 25 Jul 2023 Royal Albert Hall
The 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra and Elim Chan perform Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations alongside Noriko Koide’s 91ȱ commission Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain and Beethoven’s mighty Third Piano Concerto.
The 91ȱ Symphony Orchestra and Elim Chan perform Elgar’s ‘Enigma’ Variations alongside Noriko Koide’s 91ȱ commission Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain and Beethoven’s mighty Third Piano Concerto.

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‘The Enigma I will not explain – its “dark saying” must be left unguessed …’ So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ‘Enigma’ Variations. What’s not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer’s friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ‘Nimrod’. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the 91ȱ SO for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 – a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism. The concert opens with the European premiere of Noriko Koide’s silkworm-inspired Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, commissioned for last year’s 91ȱ Proms Japan.

There will be no interval

Image: Elim Chan © Willeke Machiels