Robert Moody

Conductor, Performer

A conductor who pairs Elgar's musical portraits with Bach on both coasts of the program.

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In short

Robert Moody is a conductor appearing with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale in upcoming concerts. His programs bring together Bach's Baroque forms, Elgar's Enigma Variations, and contemporary works, offering listeners a mix of familiar orchestral touchstones and newer music.

What to listen for

On these programs, expect Elgar's Enigma Variations, a set of short musical sketches the composer wrote as affectionate portraits of his friends, each variation changing mood, tempo, and orchestral color to suggest a different personality. In Buffalo, that piece is framed by Bach: a Brandenburg Concerto built on quick exchanges between small groups of instruments, a keyboard concerto with a soloist trading lines with the strings, and a hushed choral piece on the theme of death and peace. In Billings, the Enigma Variations follows Smetana's Vltava, a piece that traces a river's journey through the countryside in sound, and sits alongside a new work by composer Tin. Listeners can expect a program built around contrast, old forms next to new ones.

Written by OrchestraFinder, reviewed September 2026.