Elgar's 1908 'choral song' There is Sweet Music is a bitonal masterpiece, with the choir divided antiphonally, singing in A flat (women's voices) and G major (male voices).
Performer Biography
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea is a professional church choir whose members also sing with leading consort groups like The Sixteen and Tallis Scholars.
Performer Biography
William Vann, the director, is the fifteenth Organist and Director of Music at the Royal Hospital Chelsea since 1692, and has a particular interest in English choral and vocal music.
Composer Biography
Edward Elgar, the composer, was largely self-taught in music, learning composition, structure, harmony, counterpoint, and orchestration on his own.
Composition History
The album includes two of Elgar's earliest compositions: a Gloria based on Mozart's Violin Sonata No.36 (K.547) and a Credo on themes from Beethoven's Symphonies 5, 7, and 9.
Composer Biography
Elgar's Roman Catholic upbringing allowed him to try out early compositions with his church choir, but also formally separated him from the Anglican Church.
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