The Music Makers, op. 69: Contralto: “Great hail! we cry to the comers”. Allegro — Andantino — Poco più mosso — Chorus: “Oh men! it must ever be”. [Poco più mosso] — Contralto: “You shall teach us your song’s new numbers”. [Poco più mosso] — Poco più mosso — Contralto: “Yea, in spite of a dreamer who slumbers”. Molto lento — Più lento — Chorus: “We are the music makers”. Come prima, ma più lento by Igor Yuzefovich, Neil Ferris, BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

First released: 02 Nov 2018, Length: 8:17

Creators (13)

Conductor

  1. Sir Andrew Davis (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

Orchestra

  1. BBC Symphony Orchestra (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

Chorus Master

  1. Neil Ferris (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

Concertmaster

  1. Igor Yuzefovich (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

Vocals

  1. BBC Symphony Chorus (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018) choir vocals
  2. Sarah Connolly (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018) solo, mezzo-soprano vocals

Engineer

  1. Jonathan Cooper assistant
  2. Rosanna Fish assistant

Producer

  1. Brian Pidgeon

Editor

  1. Adrian Peacock
  2. William Brown

Sound Engineer

  1. Ralph Couzens

Locations

Recorded At

  1. Watford Colosseum (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. The Music Makers, op. 69: Allegro. "Great hail! we cry to the comers" (14 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018)

    Composer

    1. Edward Elgar

    Lyricist

    1. Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy

Releases containing this recording (1)

Official

Album

  1. The Music Makers / The Spirit of England 02 Nov 2018 Elgar; Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis