Conducted by PETER MONTGOMERY
MAY TURTLE (soprano)
The six ' Pomp and Circumstance' Marches are prefaced with some lines from a poem, ' The March of Glory ', by the late Lord de Tabley, which opens :
' Like a proud music that draws men to die
Madly upon the spears in martial ecstasy.
A measure that set heaven in all their veins
And iron in their hands.'
Ernest Newman tells us that ' Elgar's idea was to treat the soldiers' march symphonically-to blend the practical and the artistic in one by making the March in every way adapted for marching purposes, while not sacrificing any of the qualities required for performance in the concert room.