Florida Orchestra's 'Elgar’s Enigma' weekend kicks off Thursday

It’s been a busy 10 days for The Florida Orchestra, which played two shows with Sting and performed a packed public park Mother’s Day show last weekend.

Maestro Michael Francis & co. shift back to classical mode this weekend with three shows built around Edward Elger’s “Enigma Variations,” where the English composer put together audible caricatures of his friends. Maurice Ravel’s “Le Tombeau de Couperin,” which sees the French musician pay tribute to friends and family he lost in World War I is on the agenda, too.

On Thursday at Mahaffey Theater, Francis is also staging a conversation that goes into further depth about the composers and their pieces.

More information on The Florida Orchestra’s weekend performances of Elgar's Enigma Variations is available below and via floridaorchestra.org.

• The Florida Orchestra: Inside Elgar’s Enigma Variations Thursday, May 16. 7:30 p.m. Pay-what-you-can. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
• The Florida Orchestra: Elgar’s Enigma Variations Friday, May 17. 8 p.m. $23 & up. Carol Morsani Hall at David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa
• The Florida Orchestra: Elgar’s Enigma Variations Saturday, May 18. 8 p.m. $23 & up. Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg
• The Florida Orchestra: Elgar’s Enigma Variations Sunday, May 19. 8 p.m. $23 & up. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater

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