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Elgar Enigma Variations
Chapel Hill
Elgar Enigma Variations

Sun, Apr 13, 2025 | 3pm
MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL


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Program

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Susanna Phillips, soprano


Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, “Unfinished”
    I. Allegro moderato
    II. Andante con moto

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Four Last Songs
I. Frühling
II. September
III. Bein Schlafengehen
IV. Im Abendrot
Susanna Phillips, soprano


INTERMISSION


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, “Enigma Variations”
Enigma: Andante
Variations:
    “C.A.E.” L'istesso tempo
    “H.D.S.- P.” Allegro
    “R.B.T.” Allegretto
    “W.M.B." Allegro di molto
    “R.P.A.” Moderato
    “Ysobel” Andantino
    “Troyte” Presto
    “W.N.” Allegretto
    “Nimrod” Adagio
    “Dorabella” Intermezzo: Allegretto
    “G.R.S.” Allegro di molto
    “B.G.N.” Andante
    “***” Romanza: Moderato 
    “E.D.U.” Finale: Allegro