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Romance for bassoon and orchestra (Elgar)
The Romance, in D minor, Op 62, is a short work for bassoon and orchestra by Edward Elgar. It exists also in a transcription for cello and orchestra made by the composer. Both the bassoon and cello versions date from 1909-10. It is also published with the orchestral part reduced to a piano accompaniment. The Romance was composed for the principal bassoonist of the London Symphony Orchestra, Edwin F James, who gave the first performance in February 1911 at Hereford, with the composer... More »
Three Bavarian Dances
Three Bavarian Dances, Op 27 are an orchestral work by Edward Elgar. They are arrangements of three of the six songs Elgar wrote under the collective title ''From the Bavarian Highlands''. The original song lyrics were written by the composer’s wife, Alice, as a memento of a holiday the Elgars had enjoyed in Bavaria in 1894. As well as titles Alice Elgar gave the songs sub-titles in recollection of favourite places visited during the holiday. Elgar preserved both the titles and the... More »
Sea Slumber Song
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In Haven
In Haven is a poem by the British poet, Caroline Alice Elgar . The poem is probably best known by its musical setting as the second song of ''Sea Pictures'' composed by Edward Elgar , the poet's husband. Closely let me hold thy hand,
Storms are sweeping sea and land;
Love alone will stand. Closely cling, for waves beat fast,
Foam-flakes cloud the hurrying blast;
Love alone will last. Kiss my lips, and softly say:
Joy, sea-swept, may fade to-day;
Love alone... More »
Dream Children (Elgar)
Dream Children, Op 43 consists of two pieces for small orchestra by Sir Edward Elgar. :No 1 is in G minor. :No 2 is in G major. These two pieces were written in 1902, when Elgar was approaching the peak of his fame and popularity. Unusually for Elgar they were not written to any commission. Michael Kennedy suggests that they may have been retrieved from the unused material for a symphony celebrating General Gordon which Elgar had been working on since 1898. More »
Froissart Overture (Elgar)
Froissart, Op 19, is a concert overture by Edward Elgar, inspired by the 14th century chronicles of Jean Froissart, to which Elgar had been attracted though mention of them in Walter Scott's ''Old Mortality''. More »
Where Corals Lie
"Where Corals Lie" is a poem by Richard Garnett. The poem was set to music as the fourth song of ''Sea Pictures'' composed by Sir Edward Elgar. The deeps have music soft and low
When winds awake the airy spry,
It lures me, lures me on to go
And see the land where corals lie.
''The land, the land, where corals lie.'' By mount and steed, by lawn and rill,
When night is deep, and moon is high,
That music seeks and finds me still,
And tells me where the... More »
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