Edward Elgar

Selections from Enigma Variations

The Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36) of Edward Elgar is an orchestral work consisting of an original theme with fourteen variations was composed in between 1898 and 1899. The work is dedicated to 'my friends pictured within,' with each variation being a musical sketch of one of his circle of close acquaintances. The movements included in this arrangement for flute orchestra by Shaul Ben-Meir are: Theme, Variation I (C.A.B.), Variation II (H.D.S-P.), Variation III (R.B.T.), Variation IV (W.M.B.), Variation VIII (W.N.), Variation IX (Nimrod), Variation X (Dorabella), and Variation XI (G.R.S.).