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0:56 Speaker 3 My grandmother had every single one framed.

1:03 I kind of like the more anonymous version here of having your friends' portraits in music. The Enigma Variations, coming up.

5:57 The Cambridge Singers, they were founded by John Rutter and led by John Rutter in that recording of Oh, Clap Your Hands Together by Orlando Gibbons. And the Cambridge Singers came out of the professional group that they were, came out of John Rutter's years at Clare College, Cambridge, where he led the choir of Clare College. And some of their recordings of Christmas carols are still among my absolute favorites.

6:23 Welcome to Thursday, and August marches on. I'm Lynn Morfel, and you're just in time for a performance by Rolf Smedvig, trumpet player, one of the founding members of the Empire Brass, with Yaqiao Ling and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the concerto by Vincenzo Bellini.

13:32 Trumpeter Rolf Smetvig in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, led by Yakya Ling, and that work, the concerto in E-flat by Vincenzo Bellini. This is music from, well, he's considered Brazilian, although he was born in Uruguay, Isaias Savio, and he wrote a whole bunch, hundreds of short guitar solos. This is Music Box, played by Graham Anthony Devine.

17:29 You know, I don't know what it is, but having British relatives, having been married to someone who's a Brit and my late father-in-law, they love puzzles. Yeah, it's like we'd go on Sunday, Sunday Times, crossword puzzles, all kinds of word games. It just seems to be a passion in particular in the culture. And Edward Elgar was no different. He wrote a puzzle here. He said, the enigma is not in the variations I wrote. He gave little monograms to each, and you could pretty easily figure out which friend he was writing about, including the very famous Nimrod variation. But the mystery, the puzzle, was in what the theme was in the first place. Yep, people say they know, and I've heard every time I play this piece and mention this, I hear from one of you that says, oh, it's this, for sure. Haven't you read this? But I'm not sure it's really definitive. Maybe it is. I don't know. I'll have to look it up while we're listening to the Enigma Variations, Elgar's music played by the Royal Philharmonic, led by Andre Previn.

19:40 ♪ 1. C.A.E. (L'istesso tempo) — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

21:29 ♪ 2. H.D.S.-P. (Allegro) — Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn

49:04 The Enigma Variations, perhaps the most famous, the Nimrod Variation, written for his friend named Jaeger, which is German for hunter, and Nimrod, of course, also the Greek god figure of hunting. And I first heard the word Nimrod or the name, do you remember? It was, I think, pretty sure it was a Bugs Bunny cartoon, and he was talking to Marvin the Martian and called him his little Nimrod. Stuck. I learned it. The Enigma Variations with the Royal Philharmonic, led by Andre Previn.

58:55 Nice, tidy music from the age of, well, Enlightenment, I suppose. The Symphony No. 2 in B-flat, Cantilena, led by Adrienne Shepard. Music by Carl Friedrich Abel from the end of the 18th century. Hope you enjoyed that. And by the way, don't forget about the daily download. It's a terrific way to build your classical music library with short pieces. Changes every day. You can find it at yourclassical.org. Thanks for joining me. I'm Lynn Warfel.

59:22 Speaker 4 September is Classical Music Month. To celebrate, we want to know which classical music pieces are your favorites. We'll compile our listeners' top 100 picks into a list that we'll unveil starting September 16th here on HBR2. Last year's number one listener favorite was Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. What will this year's number one be? It's up to you to decide. And to submit your picks, visit us online at hawaiipublicradio.org slash classicalmonth. We look forward to seeing your favorites.