Elim Chan (Photo: Rahi Rezvani) ‘The Enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed …' So wrote Edward Elgar of his career-making ‘Enigma' Variations. What's not in question, however, is the tender playfulness of orchestral variations inspired by the composer's friends and family, including the noble, much-loved ‘Nimrod'. Pianist Jan Lisiecki joins Elim Chan and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 – a Romantic tussle between conflict and lyricism.

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