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Elgar, Edward 1857 - 1934 · Romantic

Caractacus, Op.35

Op. 35
Romantic Cantatas Secular cantatas

Dedicated to Queen Victoria.

Sheet music
Sheet music · public domain · 11 editions Open on IMSLP →
Composed
1897-98
First published
1898
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op. 35
Dedication
Queen Victoria
Movements
34

Movements

As catalogued on IMSLP.

34 movements
  1. 1 Scene I.
  2. 2 CHORUS - " Watchmen, alert ! "
  3. 3 SOLO (Caractacus) - " Watchmen,alert ! the King is here "
  4. 4 RECIT. (Eigen, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " Father, Sire, and King "
  5. 5 SOLO (Eigen) - " At eve to the greenwood "
  6. 6 TRIO (Eigen, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " On the ocean and the river "
  7. 7 CHORUS - " Rest, weary monarch "
  8. 8 Scene II.
  9. 9 SOLO (Arch-Druid) and CHORUS - " Tread the mystic circle round "
  10. 10 CHORUS, (INVOCATION) - " Lord of dread "
  11. 11 RECIT. {Arch-Druid, Orbin, and Caractacus) - " Bard, what read ye ? "
  12. 12 SOLO (Caractacus) and CHORUS (Soldiers) - " Leap to the light "
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  1. 13 CHORUS - " Hence - ere the Druid's wrath is woke "
  2. 14 Scene III.
  3. 15 INTRODUCTION (Orchestra)
  4. 16 CHORUS - " Come ! beneath our woodland bowers "
  5. 17 SOLO (Eigen) - " O'er-arch'd by leaves "
  6. 18 SOLO (Orbin) - " Last night beneath the sacred Oak "
  7. 19 DUET (Eigen and Orbin) and CHORUS - " They gather the wreaths "
  8. 20 Scene IV.
  9. 21 CHORUS (Maidens) - " Wild rumours shake our calm retreat "
  10. 22 SOLO (Eigen) - " When the glow of the evening "
  11. 23 CHORUS (Soldiers) - " We are gather'd by the river "
  12. 24 SOLO (Caractacus) and CHORUS, (LAMENT) - " O my warriors "
  13. 25 Scene V.
  14. 26 SOLO (A Bard) and CHORUS - " Captive Britons, see them "
  15. 27 Scene VI.
  16. 28 PROCESSIONAL MUSIC: TRIUMPHAL MARCH (Orchestra and Chorus) - " The march triumphal thunders "
  17. 29 RECIT. (Claudius) - " Unbind his hands "
  18. 30 SOLO (Caractacus) - " Heap torment upon torment "
  19. 31 RECIT. (Claudius) and CHORUS - " Slay, slay the Briton "
  20. 32 SOLO (Caractacus) - " I plead not for myself "
  21. 33 QUARTET (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus, and Claudius) - " Grace from the Roman "
  22. 34 CHORUS - " The clang of arms is over "; " Britons, alert ! "

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