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lyricist:Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
composer:Edward Elgar (composer)
part of:The Music Makers, op. 69 (movement) (order: 9)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1927-09-08The Music Makers, op. 69 (Excerpts): For We Are Afar With the Dawning (cue 78)liveThree Choirs Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar2:14
1966-12-21 – 1966-12-23The Music Makers op. 69: For we are afar with the dawningFrederic Jackson, Dame Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult2:38
1986-05-11 – 1986-05-12The Music Makers, Op. 69: IX. For We Are Afar With the DawningLondon Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox2:40
1991-04-08 – 1991-04-09The Music Makers, op. 69: "For we are afar with the dawning"Linda Finnie, London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson2:36
2006-01-07 – 2006-01-08The Music Makers, op. 69: IX. For we are afar with the dawningGreg Beardsell, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Sarah Connolly, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Simon Wright2:49
2018-04-14 – 2018-04-15The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: “But we, with our dreaming and singing”. Andantino — Chorus: “For we are afar with the dawning”. Come prima — Tempo I. Con fuoco — Allegro — Più lento —Neil Ferris, Igor Yuzefovich, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis5:44
The Music Makers, op. 69: Chorus: For we are afar with the dawningJames Burton, Hallé Choir, Jane Irwin, Hallé Orchestra, Sir Mark Elder2:44
The Music Makers, Op. 69: VII. For We Are Afar With DreamingRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Kathryn Rudge, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko2:25