The Apostles (Elgar) a single work: "The Kingdom" was first conceived as the last part of "The Apostles", but later Elgar considered them as the first two parts of a trilogy. In any case, the projected third part, "The Last Judgement", never got further than a few sketches which Elgar produced sporadically until 1920. The German translation and the German premiere were both the work of the conductor Julius Buths. "The Apostles" is written for a large orchestra, of typical late Romantic proportions, with the addition of a shofar (usually substituted by a more conventional instrument, such as a flugelhorn), which announces the
The Apostles (band) LP's between mid-1984 and 1990. Original guitarist Pete Bynghall re-joined the group in late 1988 for their last recordings and final concert (cf Live At The Academy). Always highly critical of the seemingly inward looking anarchist movement of the times, the autonomous and extreme libertarian approach of The Apostles seemed to portray classic anarchism, as opposed to the conformity of many of their contemporaries, This led the group receiving respect from notable members of the anarcho-punk movement such as Conflict, who released three records by The Apostles, and Crass with whom the band co-operated with during the squatting of the