Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations

Information

Year of arrangement:  2016

Composer:  Edward Elgar (1857–1934)

Instrumentation:  1[/pic] 1 1 1 – 2 1 1 0 – 1perc, pno, str (min. 1 1 1 1 1)

Duration: 31mins

Sample Recording

Full recording available on request

Sample Score/Part

Score Demo
File Size: 375 kb
File Type: pdf
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Violin I Part Demo
File Size: 119 kb
File Type: pdf
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​Hire/License Information

Published by Universal Edition
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Video

[Enigma Variations begin at 14:22]
Alain Ayerdi/Sapere Aude Sinfonietta
August 2020
(nb. performance using original timpani part as well as new percussion reduction)

Work Introduction

This chamber edition of Elgar's Enigma Variations was first performed in Exeter in 2016 and has since had many performances across Europe.  

Written for individual woodwinds, a small brass section, one percussionist, pianist and a small string section, this reduction gives ensembles the chance to share Elgar's masterpiece with audiences in a completely new way. 

• Strings: this arrangement can be performed with a quintet up to a full chamber orchestra section

• Percussion: sd, bd, tri, susp cym, cym.

• It is possible to supplement this arrangement with the original timpani part, but is primarily designed to work without

• An orchestration of Elgar's original ending (from a piano sketch) is available on request for ensembles presenting the variations to audiences