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 BRINGING
 JOYFUL MUSIC

 to the Lancaster Community 
Our mission is to expand the appreciation and love for classical music across multiple generations in Lancaster County by making great music accessible in new, friendly, and playful ways. Learn more.
Upcoming Events

Announcing our 2022/23 Season!

Music in the Round:
It's an Enigma

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Saturday, October 19th 2024 | 7:30PM
First United 
Methodist Church
29 E Walnut St. Lancaster PA 17602

Music in the Round:
Brass & Organ Night

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Saturday, November 16th 2024 | 7:30PM
First United 
Methodist Church
29 E Walnut St. Lancaster PA 17602

A Rare Treat:

Check out an incredible performance of Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations, Variation IX (Adagio) "Nimrod" by the Franklin & Marshall College Orchestra.

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Nimrod, the most widely known movement of Enigma, refers to Augustus J. Jaeger, who was employed as a music editor. He was a close friend of Elgar's, giving him useful advice but also severe criticism, something Elgar greatly appreciated. Elgar later related how Jaeger had encouraged him as an artist and had stimulated him to continue composing despite setbacks.

In a program note for a performance of Enigma in 1911 Elgar wrote:

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This work, commenced in a spirit of humour & continued in deep seriousness, contains sketches of the composer's friends. It may be understood that these personages comment or reflect on the original theme & each one attempts a solution of the Enigma, for so the theme is called. The sketches are not 'portraits' but each variation contains a distinct idea founded on some particular personality or perhaps on some incident known only to two people. This is the basis of the composition, but the work may be listened to as a 'piece of music' apart from any extraneous consideration.

More from Allegro...

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News from NextGen

Allegro's NextGen Youth Music Program is pleased to welcome Jill Almoney as its new Prelude & Intermezzo Strings Director and Conductor!

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Musical Associates

Fresh from their delightful summer concert Sacred Spaces, Lancaster Chamber Chorus Musical Associates is now an Allegro Lancaster Ensemble!

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