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E Elgar, Edward 1857 - 1934 · Romantic

Caractacus, Op.35

Op.
Romantic Cantatas Secular cantatas

Dedicated to Queen Victoria.

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Composed
1897-98
First published
1898
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
Queen Victoria
Movements
6

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6 scenes, 27 numbers; Scene I. CHORUS - " Watchmen, alert ! " SOLO (Caractacus) - " Watchmen,alert ! the King is here " RECIT. (Eigen, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " Father, Sire, and King " SOLO (Eigen) - " At eve to the greenwood " TRIO (Eigen, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " On the ocean and the river " CHORUS - " Rest, weary monarch "; Scene II. SOLO (Arch-Druid) and CHORUS - " Tread the mystic circle round " CHORUS, (INVOCATION) - " Lord of dread " RECIT. {Arch-Druid, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " Bard, what read ye ? " SOLO (Caractacus) and CHORUS (Soldiers) - " Leap to the light " CHORUS - " Hence - ere the Druid's wrath is woke "; Scene III. INTRODUCTION (Orchestra) CHORUS - " Come ! beneath our woodland bowers " SOLO (Eigen) - " O'er-arch'd by leaves " SOLO (Orbin) - " Last night beneath the sacred Oak " DUET (Eigen and Orbin) and CHORUS - " They gather the wreaths "; Scene IV. CHORUS (Maidens) - " Wild rumours shake our calm retreat " SOLO (Eigen) - " When the glow of the evening " CHORUS (Soldiers) - " We are gather'd by the river " SOLO (Caractacus) and CHORUS, (LAMENT) - " O my warriors "; Scene V. SOLO (A Bard) and CHORUS - " Captive Britons, see them "; Scene VI. PROCESSIONAL MUSIC: TRIUMPHAL MARCH (Orchestra and Chorus) - " The march triumphal thunders " RECIT. (Claudius) - " Unbind his hands " SOLO (Caractacus) - " Heap torment upon torment " RECIT. (Claudius) and CHORUS - " Slay, slay the Briton " SOLO (Caractacus) - " I plead not for myself " QUARTET (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus, and Claudius) - " Grace from the Roman " CHORUS - " The clang of arms is over "; " Britons, alert ! "

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