Tag: Sospiri

• Elgar the Enigma

  This is an invitation to revisit two sublimely beautiful and meaningful pieces of Elgar’s music. One is mostly misunderstood, while the other is uniquely revelatory.  First is “Nimrod” from his ‘Enigma Variations’. Let’s un-attach it, briefly, from the November Cenotaph observance, where It seems ‘custom-built’ to fit the remembrance of Great Britain’s part in two…

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  28th Dec 2022

  Composer, Consciousness, Music, Poetry

  Betrayal, Cenotaph, Elgar, Enigma, Jaeger, Love Song, Music, Nimrod, Poem, Sospiri