Classic FM

Elgar’s 'Nimrod' is the most popular classical piece for funerals

Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ from his Enigma Variations has emerged as the most popular piece of classical music for funerals, according to Co-operative Funeralcare. The highest-ranking hymn is ‘The Lord is My ...
Classic FM

Elgar’s ‘Nimrod’ voted greatest piece of British classical music in Classic FM’s Great British Classics

‘Nimrod’ from Elgar’s Enigma Variations has been crowned the greatest piece of British classical music in a Classic FM poll. Edward Elgar’s abiding melody ‘Nimrod’, from his 1899 Enigma Variations, ...
BBC

Nimrod

Edward Elgar's incomparable Nimrod, and the part it plays in people's lives, is explored this week: Composed as part of the Enigma Variations in the latter part of the 19th century, Nimrod was ...