DESCRIPTION:
The sheet music for this work published by SHP is available on Amazon in the USA and throughout the EU except for the UK, where it is only available at good bookshops and music sellers such as Blackwells, Heffers, and Waterstones:

https://www.amazon.com/Milton-Suite-Organ-Hugh-Blair/dp/0995689792

http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/bookshop/product/Milton-by-Hugh-Blair-author-Nigel-Edwards-editor/9780995689794

https://www.waterstones.com/product/milton/dr-hugh-blair/nigel-edwards/9780995689794

This recording was made using a digital version of the Willis organ in Hereford Cathedral produced by Lavender Audio:

http://www.lavenderaudio.co.uk/organs/hereford/organ.html

Hugh Blair was a close friend of the composer Edward Elgar and dedicated the "Milton" Suite to him. It was first published in 1917 at the height of the First World War and is best interpreted in the light of the prevailing national mood.

Each of the four movements was inspired by lines which Blair selected from three works by the 17th century poet John Milton - Ode on Time, Comus, and Il Penseroso.

This is the first in a planned series of Blair works being prepared by Senlac Hill Publishing (SHP) among which is also his "Adoramus te" for brass, strings, and organ.

For more on Hugh Blair's life and his friendship with Elgar please see http://Rousseau.SHP.media

Please subscribe to this YouTube channel if you wish to be informed of further uploads of music by Blair and other composers.