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November 20th & 21st at 7 PMElgar’s Enigma Variations & Vaughan Williams
Molly Turner leads the Alabama Symphony Orchestra in an all-English program anchored by two of the repertoire’s most beloved works. Elgar’s Enigma Variations is a musical portrait gallery — fourteen variations, each a sketch of someone dear to the composer — and a major showpiece of the orchestral canon. Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis is altogether quieter: a meditation for string orchestra that seems to exist outside of time. The program also features Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn and Ethel Smyth’s “On the Cliffs of Cornwall” from The Wreckers, a vivid seascape by one of British music’s most pioneering yet undersung figures.
Thanks to our Masterworks series sponsor, Health Pros for the ASO.
Conductor Comments is a free benefit to all ticket holders. Come early and hear insights that only the conductor can share. Offered on both Friday and Saturday evenings, from 6:15–6:35, the conductor offers history and context on the arrangements you’ll hear, along with insight into how the program flows together — a wonderful way to deepen your experience before the first note fills the hall.
The door is open when you arrive, and we’re glad to have you join us at any point — open seating, no reservation needed. Volunteers are on hand to help you find your way.
Join us in the Reynolds-Kirschbaum Recital Hall, found in the upper lobby of the Alys Stephens Center.
Artists
Molly Turner, guest conductor
Program to Include
SMYTH “On the Cliffs of Cornwall,” Prelude to Act 2 of The Wreckers
BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
ELGAR Enigma Variations, op. 36
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Event venue
UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave South,Birmingham,AL,United States
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