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Subject(s)

• Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices) with harp [Browse]
• Operas [Browse]
• Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with string orchestra [Browse]
• Part songs, English [Browse]
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied [Browse]
• Motets [Browse]
• Vedas R̥gveda Selections English [Browse]
• Bridges, Robert 1844-1930—Musical settings [Browse]
• Vaughan, Henry 1621-1695—Musical settings [Browse]

Translator

• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934 [Browse]

Librettist

• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934 [Browse]

Related name

• Bridges, Robert, 1844-1930 [Browse]
• Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695 [Browse]

Conductor

• Holst, Imogen, 1907-1984 [Browse]

Writer of accompanying material

• Holst, Imogen, 1907-1984 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Operas [Browse]
• Motets [Browse]

Series

• Eloquence (New York, N.Y.) [More in this series]
• Eloquence

Contains

• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Choral hymns from the Rig Veda. 3rd group [Browse]
• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Sāvitri. [Browse]
• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Part-songs, women's voices, string orchestra, op. 44 [Browse]
• Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Motets, mixed voices, op. 43. Evening-watch [Browse]

Notes

• 1st & 3rd works for women's chorus, 1st with harp, 3rd with string orchestra; 2nd work a 1-act opera for mezzo-soprano, tenor, and bass voices, women's chorus (textless), and chamber orchestra; 4th work a motet for 8-part mixed chorus, unacc.
• Texts for 1st-2nd works by the composer from Sanskrit sources; for 3rd work, by Robert Bridges; for 4th work, by Henry Vaughan.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by the conductor and texts ([15] p.) inserted in container.

Creation/​Production credits

David Harvey, recording producer ; Kenneth Wilkinson, recording engineer.

Time and place of event

Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London; 1st, 3rd-4th works in Nov. 1965, 2nd work in Oct. 1965.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

In all works: Purcell Singers ; Imogen Holst, conductor. With, in 1st work: Osian Ellis, harp ; 2nd work: Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Thomas Hemsley, bass ; 2nd-3rd works: English Chamber Orchestra.

Language note

Sung in English.

Contents

• Choral hymns from the Rig Veda, op. 26, no. 3 (H99) (Third group) (12:33)
• Sāvitri, op. 25 (H96) (30:38)
• Seven part-songs, op. 44 (H162) (21:05)
• The evening watch, op. 43 (H159) (4:19).

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Other title(s)

Vedas. R̥gveda. Selections. English

Publisher no.

480 2329

OCLC

747854781

International Article Number

• 0028948023295

Universal Product Code

• 028948023295

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