Listen to Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 1, Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid/Druids/Druid Maidens) – by English Northern Philharmonia, Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves & Martyn Brabbins

Caractacus, Op. 35, Scene 2: No. 1, Tread the Mystic Circle Round (Arch-Druid/Druids/Druid Maidens) –

English Northern Philharmonia, Huddersfield Choral Society, Christopher Purves & Martyn Brabbins

Classical

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

English Northern Philharmonia

English Northern Philharmonia

Orchestra

Huddersfield Choral Society

Huddersfield Choral Society

Choir

Christopher Purves

Christopher Purves

Baritone

Martyn Brabbins

Martyn Brabbins

Conductor

David Greed

Leader

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sir Edward Elgar

Sir Edward Elgar

Composer

Lyrics

Scene II

The sacred Oak Grove by the Tomb of the Kings

(Arch-Druid, Orbin, Druids, Druidesses and Bards round the sacred Oak)

Arch-Druid and Druids: Tread the mystic circle round,

Measure off the holy ground,

Thro’ the fire and thro’ the smoke,

Girdle slow the sacred Oak,

Tree of eld, whose branches show,

Brightest in the winter snow,

The pearl-fruited mistletoe;

Bear your torches thro’ the gloom,

Quench them on the hero’s tomb,

Where the stones are wet and red

With the blood of victims dead.

Druid Maidens: Thread the measure left and right,

Druid maidens, clad in white,

Loose your locks, your bosoms bare,

Breathe the godhead brooding there,

Hov’ring round your floating hair.

(The Dance ceases)

Written by: Sir Edward Elgar

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