{"product_id":"elgar-solo-songs-with-orchestra-elgar","title":"Elgar: Solo songs with orchestra","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"\/pt\/collections\/edward-elgar\"\u003eEdward Elgar (1857-1934)\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Julian Rushton\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Full Score – Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"book-barcode\"\u003e9781904856146\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrtext \/ Critical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eElgar's solo songs are not among his best known or best loved works and yet, among those for which he provided an orchestral accompaniment, there is a song cycle of world renown: \u003cem\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e. in view of the significance of the cycle in Elgar's output and her close association with the work, the volume has been dedicated to Dame Janet Baker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidering the popularity of \u003cem\u003eSea Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e , his first venture into the genre, it is surprising that Elgar did not attempt to repeat his success with further song cycles. As the volume shows, he abandoned the two subsequent song cycles he embarked upon – those of, Op. 59 and, Op. 60 – when both were only half complete, and two of his stand-alone orchestral songs – \u003cem\u003eFollow the Colours\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Kingsway\u003c\/em\u003e – rank among those which many feel are better left unheard. and yet one of the other two completed songs which make up the volume is the moodily dramatic \u003cem\u003eThe Wind at Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e , his earliest setting of words by his wife Alice and, again in the views of many, arguably his best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne noticeable absentee from the volume is Elgar's consummately restrained setting of Arthur Salmon's poem \u003cem\u003ePleading\u003c\/em\u003e. Published first in 1908 an arrangement for voice and piano, it has long been believed that Elgar added an orchestral accompaniment later the same year. But in the course of editing this volume, it became apparent that Elgar intended his later arrangement to be performed as a song without words, an orchestral miniature akin to his \u003cem\u003eThree Bavarian Dances\u003c\/em\u003e (which will thus appear in Vol.23). A further discovery in the course of editing was the autograph score of the orchestral arrangement of \u003cem\u003eFollow the Colours\u003c\/em\u003e , finally removing a long-held uncertainty that the orchestral accompaniment might not be Elgar's own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume is completed by the novelty ‘Smoking Cantata', which claims to be written for a cast of thousands including a ‘Grand Chorus of Repentent Smokers' but in fact contains a vocal line only for Elgar's friend and host Edward Speyer; together with all known surviving fragments of three unfinished songs, two of which – Ozymandias and Callicles – clearly engaged Elgar's sporadic attention over many years, leaving us with two incomplete settings of each.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSea-Pictures\u003c\/em\u003e , Op. 37:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe 1897 cycle of 5 songs comprising ‘Sea-Slumber Song', ‘In Haven', ‘Sabbath Morning at Sea', ‘Where Corals Lie' and ‘The Swimmer';\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe two unfinished song-cycles with orchestra:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e, Op. 59 : ‘Oh, soft was the song', ‘Was it some golden star' and ‘Twilight');\n\u003c\/em\u003e, Op. 60 : ‘The Torch' and ‘The River';\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eFour individual songs with their orchestral accompaniments:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The Pipes of Pan', ‘Follow the Colours', ‘The King's Way' and ‘The Wind at Dawn';\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe short ‘choral' novelty for bass soloist:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Kindly do not Smoke', better known as the ‘Smoking Cantata';\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSketches for 3 unfinished works:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Ozymandias', ‘Callicles' and ‘Tarantella'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Elgar Works","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43198151065679,"sku":"EWE14","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/1828\/files\/1b84cd500be7aef1778c006099e2006c.jpg?v=1750022449","url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/pt\/products\/elgar-solo-songs-with-orchestra-elgar","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}