Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf (1896)

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  • King Olaf - Summon now the God of Thunder00:00:54
  • Saga of King Olaf - 4: Tell how Olaf bore the cross00:17:50
  • Scenes ... Saga of King Olaf - 15: After Queen Gunhild's death00:01:42
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf00:03:00
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 10/11: Sisters/Sigrid sits00:07:40
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 12: Hark! She flies from00:00:32
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 13: Thyryl00:04:34
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 14: The gray land breaks00:07:23
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 16: The death of Olaf00:06:45
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 2: The Challenge of Thor00:04:30
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 6-7: Child - Bridal00:06:56
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - 9-The Guests were loud00:05:19
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - How the wraith of Odin00:00:43
  • Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf - King Olaf's return00:06:29
Composer:Elgar, Edward William (1857-1934), English
About:http://www.naxos.com/person/Edwa....._26026/26026.htm
Genre:Cantata
Instruments:arranged for SSAATTBB (piccolo/whistle, clarinet/flute, French horn/trombone, bassoon/tuba) and piano (converted to strings etc)
Submitter:Hooper, John
Email:john (e-mail)
Website:http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk
Zipfile:Y
This ZIP File contains the following:-
0-Book.nwc 0: There is a wondrous book
1-Summon.nwc 1: Summon now the God of Thunder
2-Thor.nwc 2: I am the God Thor
3-Return.nwc 3: And King Olaf heard the cry
4+5-Olaf.nwc 4: Tell how Olaf bore the cross

5: King Olaf's prows at Nidarob
6+7-child.nwc 6: Now the child of Ironbeard dead

7: On King Olaf's Bridal Night
8-wraith.nwc 8: How the Wraith of Odin
9-loud.nwc 9: The Guests were loud
10+11-Sg.nwc 10: Sisters, sing ye now the song

11: Sigrid sits in her high abode
12-Hark.nwc 12: Hark! She flies from Westland forth
13-Thyryl.nwc 13: Thyryl
14-Gray.nwc 14: The gray land breaks to lively green
15-Death.nwc 15: After Queen Gunhild's death
16-Olaf.nwc 16: King Olaf's dragons take the sea
17-Epil.nwc ... In the Convent of Drontheim
There are no text/lyrics; each File was generated purely for Choral Rehearsing purposes (using a published piano-reduction Score), and so doesn't look pretty even though it should sound reasonable (though that depends very much on your hardware/software; mine is a Soundblaster AWE64 Gold).
Voice-emphasised Midi Files of the whole work can be downloaded for free from my Website (above). My Website also contains Midi Files for several rather more modern Composers, for which NWC versions may be available.
There is an excellent performance of this Work by Longfellow Chorus under Charles Kaufmann on YouTube starting <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9aV4y26Fv4quot target="_blank">here</A>.