Offer,Elgar: A Self-Portrait
Jane Irwin (mezzo soprano)
Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Chorus, Mark Elder
…Elder maintains a tension and sense of belief that The Music Makers very seldom receives. Beautifully balanced and superbly paced, this deeply sympathetic and intensely-felt reading is perhaps... — More…
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Elgar: Froissart Overture, Op. 19
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
Elgar: Dream Children, Op. 43
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
No.1: Andante
No.2: Allegretto piacevole
Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
Prelude
Chorus: ‘A breath of our inspiration’
Solo: ‘They had no vision amazing’
Chorus: ‘But we …’
Chorus: ‘For we are afar with the dawning’
Solo: ‘Great hail! we cry to the comers’
Bach, J S: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537 / Op.86
- Jane Irwin (soloist)
- Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir
- Mark Elder
Fantasia
Fugue