Final Signature:
Life Circles

Symphony NB joins forces with Inuk Soprano Deantha Edmunds for our season finale, featuring with a performance of her Juno Award-winning piece Angmalukisaa and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

With Guest Artists Deantha Edmunds, soprano & Annabelle Edmunds-Ramsay, soprano

Capitol Theatre
811 Main St.
Moncton, NB

June 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm

The Playhouse
686 Queen St.
Fredericton, NB

June 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm

Imperial Theatre
12 King Square S
Saint John, NB

June 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm

Program (subject to change)

1 ) Deantha Edmunds (b. 1972)

Angmalukissa

I. Rings 1 (Arr. Bill Brennan)

II. Rings 2 (Arr. Andrew Downing)

III. Rings 3 (Arr. Jeffrey Johnston)

IV. Rings 4 (Arr. Robert Carli)

Life’s Song (arr. Leslee Heys)

Legacy (arr. Leslee Heys)


2 ) A reading of
Poem 14 by Rita Joe (1932 - 2007), accompanied by Clair de lune by Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

3 ) Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Enigma Variations

Theme (Enigma: Andante)

Variation I (L’istesso tempo) “C.A.E.”

Variation II (Allegro) “H.D.S.-P.”

Variation III (Allegretto) “R.B.T.”

Variation IV (Allegro di molto) “W.M.B.”

Variation V (Moderato) “R.P.A.”

Variation VI (Andantino) “Ysobel”

Variation VII (Presto) “Troyte”

Variation VIII (Allegretto) “W.N.”

Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod”

Variation X (Intermezzo: Allegretto) “Dorabella”

Variation XI (Allegro di molto) “G.R.S.”

Variation XII (Andante) “B.G.N.”

Variation XIII (Romanza: Moderato) “* * *”

Variation XIV (Finale: Allegro) “E.D.U.”