Saturday, October 31, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Enigma Variations & Britten

Detroit Symphony Orchestra · Orchestra Hall · Detroit, Michigan

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Tabita Berglund Conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes Soloist, Piano

Running time: about 1 h 37 min including an intermission (estimate from the works' usual timings)

Worth the drive: Elgar's set of orchestral variations portrays fourteen friends (and himself) through musical caricature, anchored by the beloved slow movement "Nimrod." The piece opens with a wistful, halting theme in G minor, quiet and searching, that will return transformed in each variation. More about Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, Op. 36 →

About this concert

Principal Guest Conductor Tabita Berglund leads a program pairing Anna Clyne's elegiac Within Her Arms with Benjamin Britten's Piano Concerto, featuring pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, and closing with Elgar's beloved Enigma Variations, including the famous 'Nimrod' movement.

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