Beautiful; love Nimrod. Fab clip to go with it as well…
In a local choral society a few years ago – where everyone constantly bickered and argued about who was in charge – we sang a relatively unknown choral piece by Elgar, called The Music Makers. The text itself was based on the English poet Arthur O Shaunessy; the experience of actually singing alto was utterly spine tingling.
I’ve looked for a clip of the choral work but can’t find one, but here is an extract of the poem on which it is based:
We are the music makers
And we are the dreamers of dreams
Wandering by lone sea breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams; –
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world forever, it seems.
With wonderful deathless ditties
We build up the world’s great cities,
And out of a fabulous story
We fashion an empire’s glory:
One man with a dream, at pleasure,
Shall go forth and conquer a crown;
And three with a new song’s measure
Can trample a kingdom down.
Boadicea's Chariot 
Very, very beautiful Christopher, so very moving.
Beautiful; love Nimrod. Fab clip to go with it as well…
In a local choral society a few years ago – where everyone constantly bickered and argued about who was in charge – we sang a relatively unknown choral piece by Elgar, called The Music Makers. The text itself was based on the English poet Arthur O Shaunessy; the experience of actually singing alto was utterly spine tingling.
I’ve looked for a clip of the choral work but can’t find one, but here is an extract of the poem on which it is based:
We are the music makers
And we are the dreamers of dreams
Wandering by lone sea breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams; –
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world forever, it seems.
With wonderful deathless ditties
We build up the world’s great cities,
And out of a fabulous story
We fashion an empire’s glory:
One man with a dream, at pleasure,
Shall go forth and conquer a crown;
And three with a new song’s measure
Can trample a kingdom down.
Just found a bit of a recording here http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/78551.html
Claire that is lovely, thanks for adding that.
An Elgar classic – thanks.