Viva Elgar!
El siguiente fragmento cubre un tercio de las necesidades diarias.
Sir Edward Elgar "So many true Princesses"
Orquestada por Anthony Payne esta pieza fue originalmente compuesta para coro y banda militar. Se trata de un poema de John Masefield, compuesto con ocasión de la inauguración de un monumento dedicado a la reina Alexandra. 100% Elgar:
"So many true Princesses who have gone
over the sea, as love or duty bade,
To share abroad, till Death a foreign throne,
Have given all things, and been ill repaid.
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Hatred has followed them and bitter days.
But this most lovely woman and loved Queen
Filled all the English nation with her praise;
we gathered now to keep her memory green.
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Here, at this place, she often sat to mark
The tide of London life go roaring by.
The day-long multitude, the lighted dark,
The night-long wheels, the glaring in the sky.
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Now here we set memorial of her stay.
That passers-by remember with a thrill:
"This lovely princess came from far away
And our herts, and lives within them still"
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No conozco el monumento a esta buena dama, ni si causa semejante efecto en los paseantes; pero desde luego esta música es suficientemente thrilling.
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