2/5. Donaid Macleod and Stephen Johnson discuss how Elgar's music was influenced by his passion for cycling. They attempt to ride an authentic Edwardian bicycle and examine what the new hobby of the era meant to the composer and his friends, particularly his female fellow cyclists, a number of whom turn up in the list of friends portrayed in the Enigma variations. Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No 3 in C minor Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Gibson
Introduction and Allegro for strings
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman Repeated at 8.45pm