The Kingdom

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The Kingdom is an oratorio by English composer Edward Elgar that continues the religious and musical themes of his earlier work The Apostles.

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The Kingdom canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oratorio ⓘ
basedOn New Testament ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 51 ⓘ
composer Edward Elgar ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere Edward Elgar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
follows The Apostles ⓘ
genre choral music ⓘ
sacred music ⓘ
hasCharacter Apostles ⓘ
James ⓘ
John ⓘ
Mary Magdalene ⓘ
Mary the mother of Jesus ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Peter ⓘ
hasMovement “At the Beautiful Gate” ⓘ
“Pentecost” ⓘ
linked to: Pentecost

“The Lord’s Prayer” ⓘ
linked to: Lord’s Prayer

“The Sign of Healing” ⓘ
“The Upper Room” ⓘ
linked to: Upper Room
hasPart Part I ⓘ
Part II ⓘ
Part III ⓘ
Part IV ⓘ
Prologue ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor complex choral writing ⓘ
rich orchestration ⓘ
thematic links to The Apostles ⓘ
partOfSeries Elgar’s oratorio trilogy ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
premiereFestival Birmingham Triennial Music Festival ⓘ
premiereLocation Birmingham, England ⓘ
religiousTextSource Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Gospels ⓘ
Old Testament selections ⓘ
religiousTheme coming of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
growth of the Christian Church ⓘ
scoredFor chorus ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
soloists ⓘ
sharesThemeWith The Apostles ⓘ
structure prologue and four parts ⓘ
style late Romantic ⓘ
subject Apostles ⓘ
Pentecost ⓘ
early Christian Church ⓘ
linked to: Early Christians

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