The Apostles (Elgar) The Apostles (Elgar) The Apostles, Op. 49, is an oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra composed by Edward Elgar. It was first performed on 14 October 1903. After his international success with the "Enigma Variations" (1899) and "The Dream of Gerontius "(1900), Elgar was commissioned by the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival, which had also produced "Gerontius", to write a new choral work. This encouraged Elgar to start composing a large-scale work on a subject he had been contemplating, according to the composer, since boyhood when he had even started selecting the words. "The Apostles", like its successor "The Kingdom", depicts
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Topčider Saint Sava who, in turn, doesn't resemble at all the best known Sava's representation, in the Mileševa monastery. As a curiosity, none of the saints is painted with a halo. Carvings were done by sculptor Dimitrije Petrović. The church and the adjoining konak were placed under the state protection in 1949. The church is under reconstruction, which is expected to be completed by 2015, two hundred years since the start of the Second Serbian Uprising. Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Topčider Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, known as the Topčider Church () is the