Elgar’s Enigma Variations - Billings Symphony Skip to content

Events

Purple border

Classic Series

Elgar’s Enigma Variations

Saturday
Jan 23, 2027

7:30PM

Alberta Bair Theater

2801 3rd Ave N

$10-80

Deanna Tham, Music Director Candidate
Sara Duchovnay, Soprano

A centuries-old puzzle, Elgar’s Enigma Variations is said to have a “dark saying that must be left unguessed.” Music Director Finalist, Deanna Tham, will lead the orchestra in this mysterious yet transformative piece and you can take a guess at the cryptic message yourself. We’ll also travel to Tennessee with the dynamic soprano Sara Duchovnay to be immersed in the richly textured Knoxville Summer of 1915. To round off the program, the Billings Symphony will play their first performance of any of William Grant Still’s work: Darker America.

William Grant Still
Darker America
Samuel Barber
Knoxville Summer of 1915
Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations