The Long LineThe Long Line

Edward Elgar

Caractacus, op. 35

Cantata

Op. 35 Composed 1898 Vocal

Movements

  1. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “Watchmen, Alert!” (Chorus)
  2. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “Watchmen, Alert! The King is Here” (Caractacus)
  3. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “Father! Sire and King” (Eigen, Caractacus, Orbin)
  4. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “At Eve to the Greenwood” (Eigen)
  5. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “On the Ocean and the River” (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus)
  6. Scene I, British Camp on the Malvern Hills: “Rest, Weary Monarch” (Chorus)
  7. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch‐Druid, Chorus)
  8. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: Lord of Dread, and Lord of Pow’r (Chorus)
  9. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: “Bard, What Read Ye?” (Arch‐Druid, Orbin, Caractacus)
  10. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: “Leap to Light” (Caractacus, Chorus)
  11. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: “Leap to Light” (Caractacus, Chorus)
  12. Scene II, The Sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings: “Hence – Ere the Druid’s Wrath is Woke” (Chorus)
  13. Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn: Introduction
  14. Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn: “Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bowers” (Chorus)
  15. Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn: “O’er‐arch’d by Leaves” (Eigen)
  16. Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn: “Last Night Beneath the Sacred Oak” (Orbin)
  17. Scene III, The Forest Near the Severn: “Come! Beneath Our Woodland Bow’rs – They Gather the Wreaths” (Chorus, Orbin, Eigen)
  18. Scene IV, The Malven Hills: “Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat” (Chorus of Maidens)
  19. Scene IV, The Malven Hills: “Wild Rumours Shake Our Calm Retreat” (Chorus of Maidens)
  20. Scene IV, The Malven Hills: “When the Glow of the Evening” (Eigen)
  21. Scene IV, The Malven Hills: “We Were Gather’d by the River” (Chorus of Soldiers)
  22. Scene IV, The Malven Hills: “O My Warriors” (Caractacus, Chorus)
  23. Scene V, The Severn: “Captive Britons, See Them!” (A Bard, Chorus)
  24. Scene VI, Rome: “The March Triumphal Thunders” (Orchestra and Chorus)
  25. Scene VI, Rome: “The March Triumphal Thunders” (Orchestra and Chorus)
  26. Scene VI, Rome: “Unbind His Hands” (Claudius)
  27. Scene VI, Rome: “Heap Torment Upon Torment” (Caractacus)
  28. Scene VI, Rome: “Slay, Slay the Briton!” (Chorus, Claudius)
  29. Scene VI, Rome: “I Plead Not for Myself” (Caractacus)
  30. Scene VI, Rome: “Grace From the Roman!” (Eigen, Orbin, Caractacus, Claudius)
  31. Scene VI, Rome: “The Clang of Arms is Over” (Chorus)

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