The Apostles (Elgar) dawn. There is a double chorus with semichorus, and six solo singers representing: The work is in two parts and seven sections, each played without a break. Words were selected by Elgar from the Bible and Apocrypha. 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
The Four Apostles The Four Apostles The Four Apostles is a panel painting by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It was finished in 1526, and is the last of his large works. It depicts the four apostles larger-than-life-size. The Bavarian Elector Maximilian I obtained "The Four Apostles" in the year 1627 due to pressure on the Nuremberg city fathers. Since then, the painting has been in Munich and, despite all the efforts of Nuremberg since 1806, it has not been returned. When Dürer moved back to Nuremberg he produced many famous paintings there, including several self-portraits. He gave "The Four Apostles" to