BBC America was airing a concert from England,
something about the end of the Prom (or Proms?), and they did "Adagio for Strings" in honor of the American tragedy.
The conductor of the symphony doing the concert was American, and he said that where people in England or Britain would
play "Nimrod", Americans would play "Adagio for Strings". Ever since then, I've been curious about this piece "Nimrod".
Can someone help me out on it?
Nimrod is one movement of the Enigma Variations by Sir Edward Elgar.
There's a pretty good recording by Sir Adrian Boult and the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) on the Seraphim label, which typically puts out very inexpensive CDs. Last I checked, Amazon was selling it for $3.98. Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000UVS/qid=1048536948/sr=8-3/ref=sr_8_3/103-8583925-7482247?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846 or http://makeashorterlink.com/?A1A9231F3
There's also a great recording by William Boughton and LSO at:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000C3JW/qid=1048537685/sr=1-68/ref=sr_1_68/103-8583925-7482247?v=glance&s=classical or http://makeashorterlink.com/?A25A321F3
Hope that helps!
Reggie Bautista
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