EDWARD ELGAR

Sea Pictures Op.37

24:47

A Cycle of Five Songs for COntralto and Orchestra

Ein Zyklus von fünf Liedern für Altstimme und Orchester

Un cycle de cinq mélodies pour contralto et orchestre

1

1

Sea Slumber-Song

5:29

Andantino

words by Hon. Roden Noel

2

2

In Haven (Capri)

1:49

Allegretto

words by Caroline Alice Elgar

3

3

Sabbath Morning at Sea

5:59

Moderato - Grandioso

from a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

4

4

Where Corals Lie

4:26

Allegretto ma non troppo

words by Richard Garnett

5

5

The Swimmer

6:48

Allegro di molto

from a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon

The Music Makers Op.69

39:05

Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy

for Contralto, Chorus and Orchestra

für Altstimme, Chor und Orchester;

pour contralto, choeur et orchestre

6

Introduction

3:26

Moderato e nobilmente

7

'We are the music makers'

2:18

Larghetto

8

'With wonderful deathless ditties'

1:47

Allegro

9

'We, in the ages lying'

3:51

Allegretto - Moderato

10

'A breath of our inspiration'

4:14

Molto tranquillo - Più Allegro ma maestoso - Grandioso

11

'They had no vision amazing'

3:41

Lento, quasi recit.

12

'And therefore today is thrilling'

4:25

Allegro molto - Maestoso

13

'But we, with our dreaming and singing'

3:11

Andantino

14

'For we are afar with the dawning'

2:36

Come prima

15

'Great hail! We cry to the comers'

9:36

Allegro

Linda Finnie contralto

Roderick Elms organ

Bryden Thomson

8-9 April 1991