The enigma I will not explain – its "dark saying" must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.


Elgar's programme note to the Enigma Variations, quoted in Simon Mundy Elgar (London: Omnibus Press, [1980] 2001) p. 64.


The enigma I will not explain – its dark saying must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the...

The enigma I will not explain – its dark saying must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the...

The enigma I will not explain – its dark saying must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the...

The enigma I will not explain – its dark saying must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the...