Ecce sacerdos magnus (Elgar) - from CDH55147 - Hyperion Records

Track(s) taken from CDH55147

In October 1888 the Archbishop of Birmingham visited St George’s and for this occasion Elgar produced this setting developed from a melody in Haydn’s Harmoniemesse. It was orchestrated in 1893 for St Catherine’s of Siena, Birmingham. In this case it is dedicated to his boyhood friend Hubert Leicester, the son of a Worcester printer. Leicester was choirmaster at St George’s when Elgar was organist. His career was spent as a Worcester Accountant. He was for many years Mayor of Worcester and was later responsible for Elgar receiving the freedom of the city.

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Recording details: May 1988
Worcester Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1988
Total duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds

Ecce sacerdos magnus

composer

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)

1888

author of text

Anonymous

Common of a Confessor Bishop

Worcester Cathedral Choir, Donald Hunt (conductor), Adrian Partington (organ)