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Elgar’s Enigma Variations

25 & 26 October 2024

In the Concert Hall

Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Classical Music

What is the enigma in Elgar’s Enigma Variations? Many have speculated over the past 125 years, but the power and allure of this piece is no mystery.

Expressive brilliance

The rich orchestration, the expressive range, those stirring, swelling chords in the Nimrod movement raise every goosebump. There are few moments like it.

Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto fuses the best elements of his music, from lyrical melodies to ferocious and powerful passages that radiate brilliant musical colour. Superstar Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Rachmaninov's most famous concerto with supreme virtuosity, revealing a beautiful and wistful world.

Please note, these performances were originally advertised as being conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, who sadly passed away in April 2024. Sydney Symphony Orchestra are grateful to Canadian conductor Nicolas Ellis, who will lead these performances in his Sydney Symphony debut.

In celebration and memory of Sir Andrew Davis, Haydn’s Symphony No.104 will now be replaced by a tribute to Sir Andrew, with his own arrangement of JS Bach’s Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor. 

Presented by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Programme

JS BACH arr. Sir Andrew Davis Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No.3 
ELGAR Enigma Variations

Artist information

Nicolas Ellis conductor
Nobuyuki Tsujii piano 

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