Prom 75: Elgar 鈥� The Dream of Gerontius

11 Sep 2015, Royal Albert Hall

19:30 Fri 11 Sep 2015 Next Event

Proms 2015 Prom 75: Elgar 鈥� The Dream of Gerontius

19:30 Fri 11 Sep 2015 Royal Albert Hall

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Vienna Philharmonic and the 麻豆约拍 Proms Youth Choir in Elgar鈥檚 choral masterpiece, with soloists Magdalena Ko啪en谩, Toby Spence and Roderick Williams.

Programme

- - Edward Elgar
  - The Dream of Gerontius(96 mins)

Performers

Magdalena Ko啪en谩
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence
tenor
tenor
Roderick Williams
baritone
baritone
麻豆约拍 Proms Youth Choir
Vienna Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle
conductor
conductor

Composers

Edward Elgar

About this event

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the second of two performances by the Vienna Philharmonic, completing a Proms triptych of Elgar鈥檚 great oratorios, spread across recent seasons, with arguably the greatest of them all: The Dream of Gerontius. This is spiritual inquiry at its most musically intoxicating and ecstatic 鈥� a work that reaches after the same mystic transcendence as Wagner鈥檚 Parsifal. The 麻豆约拍 Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Ko啪en谩 as the Angel.

There will be one interval