Créditos
AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
Roland Wood
Bariton
Elgan Llŷr Thomas
Tenor
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Sopran
English Northern Philharmonia
Orchester
Martyn Brabbins
Dirigent:in
David Greed
Leiter:in
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Sir Edward Elgar
Komponist:in
Harry Arbuthnot Acworth
Texte
Letras
Orbin: On the ocean and the river,
By the stream that cuts the plain,
Sail and pennon fill and quiver,
And the warhorse champs the grain;
Thro’ the close entangled forest
Is the legion’s toil the sorest,
On the mountain steep and dreary
Mailed warhorse shall grow weary.
Caractacus: I have met them in the forest,
And they bore my fiercest shock,
We were broken like the torrent
That is hurl’d against the rock:
Eigen: Deep in the forest
Their vigour shall fail,
And high on the mountain
The dragon prevail.
Caractacus: Shall I meet them—meet the legions
In the wild Silurian regions?
Eigen: In the Oak grove tomorrow
The Druids shall meet,
To read thee the omens
Of joy, not defeat.
Eigen and Orbin: By the song of the maiden
The omen shall be,
My father, the glory
Of Britain and thee.
Caractacus: By the song of the maiden
The omen shall be,
O Britain, my Britain,
The triumph of thee.
(They descend the Hill)
Written by: Harry Arbuthnot Acworth, Sir Edward Elgar