22:
160:
124:) there is duet between Thyri and Olaf, 'The Grey Land Breaks to Lively Green', through which they express their love. The chorus, 'A Little Bird in the Air', has been called highly original, "unlike anything else Elgar composed before or since". In the epilogue, the final unaccompanied chorus
46:
scored for soloists, chorus and orchestra. It was commissioned for the North
Staffordshire Music Festival of 1896, where it was well received. It went on to be performed by choral societies in other parts of the country.
472:
98:. Longfellow's text was adapted for Elgar by one of his neighbours, H. A. Acworth. Elgar appears to have found Acworth a satisfactory collaborator, as he went on to provide Elgar with another libretto,
376:
441:
326:
402:
447:
418:
462:
251:
and which became Elgar's regular publishers. However, their edition of 1896 has been described as a "relatively cramped" by the
477:
467:
268:
224:
223:
who came from Bergen, and their friendship appears to have been a factor in the poet choosing King Olaf as a subject. The
171:
347:
275:, a specialist in British music. In 2014 the Bergen Philharmonic and three Norwegian choirs recorded the work at the
79:
228:
57:
196:
188:
112:
The cantata has a prologue, nine scenes and an epilogue. Of particular note are the forceful first scene (
232:
208:
175:
99:
84:
21:
179:
56:
in 1899 consolidated his national reputation, Elgar was chiefly known for choral works such as
52:
235:: despite there being a tradition of performing Elgar at this festival, this was a premiere.
296:
200:
280:
89:
360:
244:
195:
The cantata was revived at the
Victoria Hall to mark the centenary of its premiere with
182:, a famous tenor of the time who was chosen to give first performances of lead roles in
304:
272:
204:
136:
456:
252:
423:
159:
146:
94:
43:
131:
As in the case of some other works by Elgar, reviews have noted the influence on
92:, who brought Christianity to Norway. Longfellow's source had been the medieval
276:
212:
140:
348:"Elgar: King Olaf CD review – Davis rehabilitates Elgar's neglected scores"
151:'s music critic Andrew Clements refers to "echoes of Wagner" in the score.
220:
39:
323:
216:
158:
20:
66:. These early choral works have since been largely eclipsed, but
264:
163:
The
Victoria Hall in 2008 (original hall and modern extension)
263:
The work was recorded for the first time in the 1980s by
473:
Musical settings of poems by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow
178:, with the composer conducting. The soloists included
227:performed the cantata in 2014, under the baton of
128:has achieved separate popularity as a partsong.
361:Neill, Andrew. Notes to Chandos CD CH5149 (2015)
215:. Another place with connections to the work is
203:, the Ceramic City Choir and the three soloists
377:"Classical Music: King Olaf: BBC Philharmonic"
329:39, no. 659 (1898): 31–31. Accessed via JSTOR.
8:
327:The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular
341:
339:
337:
335:
448:International Music Score Library Project
219:in Norway. Longfellow knew the violinist
231:, Davis conducted the work again at the
419:"Music Review: Hereford's Three Choirs"
370:
368:
316:
283:(a 2 CD set including a shorter work,
255:which published a full score in 2007.
247:, a firm which had already published
139:'s music, for example, in the use of
88:, a poem about the historical figure
7:
375:Dunnett, Roderic (23 October 2011).
295:The composer's connections with the
25:An illustration of Longfellow's poem
287:) under the baton of Andrew Davis.
170:was first performed in 1896 at the
70:has been revived in recent years.
14:
443:Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf
36:Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf
403:"King Olaf, Bergen Philharmonic"
301:Elgar on the Journey to Hanley
1:
269:London Philharmonic Orchestra
225:Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
78:The text is an adaptation of
243:The score was published by
494:
417:Dunnett, R (August 2018).
324:‘King Olaf’ at Camberwell.
285:The Banner of Saint George
50:Before the success of the
120:). In the seventh scene (
463:Cantatas by Edward Elgar
116:) and the lively fifth (
407:(subscription required)
401:Allison, J (May 2014).
16:Cantata by Edward Elgar
189:The Dream of Gerontius
164:
26:
233:Three Choirs Festival
176:Hanley, Staffordshire
162:
126:As Torrents in Summer
114:The Challenge of Thor
85:The Saga of King Olaf
24:
478:Works based on sagas
468:Music based on poems
346:Clements, A (2015).
42:by British composer
307:ISBN 0-233-97064-9
303:(1979), a novel by
155:Performance history
165:
118:The Wraith of Odin
27:
53:Enigma Variations
485:
446:: Scores at the
429:
428:
414:
408:
406:
398:
392:
391:
389:
387:
372:
363:
358:
352:
351:
343:
330:
321:
299:are explored in
297:English Midlands
249:The Black Knight
245:Novello & Co
201:BBC Philharmonic
59:The Black Knight
493:
492:
488:
487:
486:
484:
483:
482:
453:
452:
438:
433:
432:
416:
415:
411:
400:
399:
395:
385:
383:
374:
373:
366:
359:
355:
345:
344:
333:
322:
318:
313:
293:
291:Further reading
261:
241:
199:conducting the
157:
110:
90:Olaf Tryggvason
76:
17:
12:
11:
5:
491:
489:
481:
480:
475:
470:
465:
455:
454:
451:
450:
437:
436:External links
434:
431:
430:
409:
393:
364:
353:
331:
315:
314:
312:
309:
305:Keith Alldritt
292:
289:
273:Vernon Handley
260:
257:
240:
237:
205:Susan Chilcott
156:
153:
109:
106:
75:
72:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
490:
479:
476:
474:
471:
469:
466:
464:
461:
460:
458:
449:
445:
444:
440:
439:
435:
426:
425:
420:
413:
410:
404:
397:
394:
382:
378:
371:
369:
365:
362:
357:
354:
349:
342:
340:
338:
336:
332:
328:
325:
320:
317:
310:
308:
306:
302:
298:
290:
288:
286:
282:
278:
274:
271:conducted by
270:
266:
258:
256:
254:
253:Elgar Society
250:
246:
238:
236:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
209:Arthur Davies
206:
202:
198:
193:
191:
190:
185:
181:
177:
173:
172:Victoria Hall
169:
161:
154:
152:
150:
149:
144:
143:
138:
134:
129:
127:
123:
119:
115:
107:
105:
103:
102:
97:
96:
91:
87:
86:
81:
73:
71:
69:
65:
61:
60:
55:
54:
48:
45:
41:
37:
34:(full title:
33:
32:
23:
19:
442:
424:Church Times
422:
412:
396:
384:. Retrieved
380:
356:
319:
300:
294:
284:
262:
248:
242:
229:Andrew Davis
194:
187:
183:
180:Edward Lloyd
167:
166:
147:
141:
132:
130:
125:
121:
117:
113:
111:
100:
95:Heimskringla
93:
83:
77:
67:
63:
58:
51:
49:
44:Edward Elgar
35:
30:
29:
28:
18:
381:Independent
239:Publication
197:Donald Hunt
457:Categories
386:24 October
311:References
277:Grieg Hall
259:Recordings
184:Caractacus
142:Leitmotifs
101:Caractacus
80:Longfellow
267:with the
213:Alan Opie
168:King Olaf
133:King Olaf
68:King Olaf
64:King Olaf
31:King Olaf
221:Ole Bull
148:Guardian
104:(1898).
281:Chandos
40:cantata
38:) is a
217:Bergen
145:; the
137:Wagner
122:Thyri
108:Music
74:Words
388:2021
279:for
211:and
186:and
62:and
265:EMI
174:in
135:of
82:'s
459::
421:.
379:.
367:^
334:^
207:,
192:.
427:.
405:.
390:.
350:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
