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Edward Elgar In Memoriam (1857 - 1934):

THEY ARE AT REST

Sir Edward William Elgar was an English composer. He is known for such works as the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, The Dream of Gerontius, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed oratorios, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924.

Elgar wrote a significant body of songs - approximately one hundred in all. Around one half of these are part songs of great delicacy, beauty and inventiveness. The majority were written for unaccompanied voices.

Elgar's 'Elegy for unaccompanied chorus' (1909) was written in response to a commission from Sir Walter Parratt for an anthem to be sung on the anniversary of Queen Victoria's death. The text is by Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890). Elgar sets stanzas 1 & 3 of Newman's poem. It was first performed at the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore (Windsor) on January 22, 1910.

They are at rest.

We may not stir the heav'n of their repose

By rude invoking voice, or prayer addrest

In waywardness to those

Who in the mountain grots of Eden lie,

And hear the fourfold river as it murmurs by.

And soothing sounds

Blending with the neighb'ring waters as they glide;

Posted along the haunted garden's bounds,

Angelic forms abide,

Echoing, as words of watch, o'er lawn and grove

The verses of that hymn which Seraphs chant above.

They are at rest.

(John Henry Newman)

Tenebrae (2011)

Conducted by Nigel Short