Nimrod

In all of my years of blogging, I’ve never really written about this topic! Q: Was ever a musical depiction of friendship so beautifully stated and poignantly composed as the Nimrod variation from Elgar’s Enigma Variations?A: Nope. Elgar’s Variations on an original theme, Op. 36, are among my desert island favorites. The BBC Symphony performed

From the Proms

She’s been gone a few weeks now. But I am still thinking of Her Majesty. On the day she died, the Philadelphia Orchestra was set to perform at the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall in London. The Proms canceled their final weekend of performances, but went forward that Thursday night with one piece of