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Culture: Inveterate puzzler finds melody in the Malverns; Christopher Morley looks at what to expect from Elgar's Enigma Variations.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20030110
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Byline: Christopher Morley

One of music's most enduring puzzles remains the set of orchestral variations Elgar composed right at the end of the 19th century, an introduction and 14 movements linked by a 'dark saying' which continue to cast a spell of fascination over listeners worldwide.

These Enigma Variations are the first orchestral masterpiece to come from these shores. Nothing could be more quintessentially English, yet they have been taken up by many of the greatest international conductors, including the German Hans Richter (who premiered them at London's St ...

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