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

~ Recording by Igor Yuzefovich, Neil Ferris, BBC Symphony Chorus, Dame Sarah Connolly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.9The 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 lento8:17Edward ElgarThe Music Makers / The Spirit of EnglandElgar; Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew DavisAlbum
  • XW2018-11-02
ChandosCHSA5215
1.9The 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 lento8:17Edward ElgarThe Music Makers / The Spirit of EnglandElgar; Dame Sarah Connolly, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew DavisAlbum
  • -2018-11
ChandosCHSA 5215

Relationships

sound engineer:Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
Rosanna Fish
producer:Brian Pidgeon
editor:William Brown (engineer)
Adrian Peacock (bass vocalist, producer)
choir vocals:BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra) (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
orchestra:BBC Symphony Orchestra (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
conductor:Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
chorus master:Neil Ferris (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
concertmaster:Igor Yuzefovich (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
recorded at:Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)
recording of:The Music Makers, op. 69: Allegro. "Great hail! we cry to the comers" (from 2018-04-14 until 2018-04-15)

Related works

The Music Makers, op. 69: Allegro. "Great hail! we cry to the comers"

lyricist:Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
composer:Edward Elgar (composer)
part of:The Music Makers, op. 69 (movement) (order: 10)