Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 (with Score)

Edward Elgar:
The Kingdom, Oratorio, Op. 51 (with Score)
Composed: 1901-06
Soprano: Claire Rutter
Mezzo-soprano: Susan Bickley
Tenor: John Hudson
Bass: Iain Paterson
Chorus: Hallé Choir
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra
Conductor: Mark Elder

00:00 Prelude: Allegro maestoso
09:34 Part I: In the Upper Room: Seek first the Kingdom of God (Disciples, Holy Women, Peter, John, Mary, Mary Magdalene)
17:43 Part I: In the Upper Room: Men and brethren (Peter, Disciples, Holy Women, John, Mary, Mary Magdalene)
23:13 Part I: In the Upper Room: O ye priests! (Chorus)
27:14 Part II: At the Beautiful Gate: The singers are before the altar (Mary, Mary Magdalene)
32:25 Part III: Pentecost: And when the day of Pentecost was fully come (Tenor, Disciples, Chorus, John, Peter)
37:34 Part III: Pentecost: And then suddenly there came from heaven a sound (Mezzo-Soprano, Disciples, People, John, Peter)
42:15 Part III: Pentecost: I have prayed for thee (Peter, Chorus)
51:55 Part III: Pentecost: Repent and be baptized (Peter, Chorus)
57:48 Part IV: The Sign of Healing: Then they gladly received his word (Mezzo-Soprano, Peter, People)
1:04:17 Part IV: The Sign of Healing: Unto you that fear his name (John, Peter)
1:07:09 Part IV: The Sign of Healing: And as they spake (Mezzo-Soprano)
1:08:13 Part IV: The Sign of Healing: The sun goeth down (Mary)
1:17:07 Part V: The Upper Room: The voice of joy (Disciples, Holy Women, John, Peter)
1:23:09 Part V: The Upper Room: Thou, Almighty Lord (Disciples, Holy Women, Peter, Mary, Mary Magdalene, John)
1:28:45 Part V: The Upper Room: Our Father (Chorus, John, Peter, Men)

The Kingdom, Op. 51, is an English-language oratorio composed in 1906 by Edward Elgar. It was first performed at the Birmingham Music Festival on 3 October 1906, with the orchestra conducted by the composer, and soloists Agnes Nicholls, Muriel Foster, John Coates and William Higley. The dedication is "A. M. D. G." Elgar wrote The Kingdom for choral and instrumental forces.

Following The Dream of Gerontius and The Apostles, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. This was The Kingdom, which continues the narrative of the lives of Jesus's disciples. It depicts the community of the early church, Pentecost, and the events of the next few days.

Elgar had been planning a work depicting the Apostles as ordinary men, reacting to extraordinary events, for many years. His ideas outgrew the confines of a single work: parts of The Kingdom were written before The Apostles, and later Elgar considered them as the first two parts of a trilogy. The Kingdom is, in effect, its slow movement. In the event, the projected third part was never written.

Wikipedia article
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_(Elgar))

Elgar Society
(https://www.elgar.org/3kingdom.htm)

All Music Guide
(https://www.allmusic.com/composition/mc0002372711)

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
(https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Kingdom%2C_Op.51_(Elgar%2C_Edward))

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