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- The Dream of Gerontius(95 mion)
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- Beth Taylormezzo soprano
- Neal Daviesbass
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
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About this Concert
Here is your opportunity to experience Elgar’s epic choral masterpiece in the magnificent setting of the Usher Hall. Gerontius is a very ordinary sort of human being – and as he lies dying, he’s anguished and afraid. But his cry of longing opens a portal to wonders beyond the imagination. “This is the best of me” wrote Elgar on the score of The Dream of Gerontius, and this epic drama of a lonely soul’s voyage towards eternity can move listeners to tears.
Ryan Wigglesworth has form with Elgar: in a previous performance, The Observer noted that he “plumbed the work’s rich meanings, sacred and secular” – and that Brenden Gunnell sang the title role “with feeling but never excess”. Beth Taylor, Neal Davies and the Huddersfield Choral Society complete an all-star line-up for this landmark of British music.
TICKETS:
£16, £20, £25, £32
£6 tickets for Under 26s, Students & Unemployed
Half Price, Registered Disabled
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Offer excludes 'Christmas at the Movies', applies to full price tickets, and is available until Sunday 26 January 2025.