{"product_id":"elgar-scenes-from-the-saga-of-king-olaf-score","title":"Elgar Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf Score","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe plot of Elgar’s King Olaf cantata has been criticized for it lack of cohesion, but the musical settings contain power, majesty, stirring melodies, joyous lyricism and a finale of immense proportion and emotional effect.  As a lesser work of a great composer, it certainly bears study.  As a work on its own, King Olaf rewards performers and listeners with superb moments.  A final a capella Chorus, As Torrents In Summer, is frequently performed on its own.Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf is widely considered to be the best of Elgar’s pre-Enigma compositions.  He was commissioned to write this work for the North Staffordshire Music Festival in 1896, and he chose to adapt sections of Longfellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn with the assistance of his neighbour, the translator H A Acworth. Acworth reduced the length of Longfellow’s twenty-two sections to just eight with added material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Novello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51899145978141,"sku":"NOV950513","price":92.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2092\/9309\/files\/NOV950513.jpg?v=1782070448","url":"https:\/\/scarlettmusic.com.au\/products\/elgar-scenes-from-the-saga-of-king-olaf-score","provider":"Scarlett Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}