A Variation for Every Loved One (Including the Dog)

Esteemed violinist and Oregon Symphony concertmaster Sarah Kwak performs The Butterfly Lovers concerto, a blending of the sounds of Chinese folk music with a Western orchestra in one of the most famous orchestral pieces by a Chinese composer. Elgar’s loving portrait of his family and friends in rural Worcestershire, the “Enigma” Variations, joins a piece by Elgar’s protégé Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, now being rediscovered after long neglect.