Elgar 'Nimrod' ("Enigma Variations") - Tugan Sokhiev / Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra

'Nimrod' from Elgar's "Enigma Variations" has become one of his most beloved pieces of music. It is frequently played at state or solemn occasions and has also become an encore in its own right. In this way, it has been taken up by many orchestras all round the world and here is one of them. It is a heartfelt performance from a few years ago, played by the Bolshoi Theatre Symphony Orchestra under its former music director, Tugan Sokhiev.
Uploaded with all due acknowledgements to the original video which is captioned in Russian but is here presented with its English titles.

[@yong-gilchoi8614]

Bravisisimo!! Tugan Sokhiev!!!!

[@alm9368]

Great.

[@aaron01845]

Beautiful performance of this piece.

[@adam28xx]

Glad you like it!

[@karldelavigne8134]

Posted as a tribute to Navalny?

[@bobcosmic]

Who was Nimrod & where was he from?

[@michaelridley-tt6ho]

Nimrod is a mythical hunter and Elgar's music editor and publisher was named Jaeger which is German for hunter. Jaeger was a friend of Elgar and so this variation is a portrait of his friend