The Dream of Gerontius
Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Date of broadcast: 21 May 2018
βIβve seen in thought the Soul go up, and have written my heartβs blood into the score,β said Elgar of his epic oratorio inspired by Cardinal Newmanβs poem of the same name. One need not be a religious person to appreciate the epic sweep of Elgarβs depiction of a simple manβs journey into the afterlife. As he said of the role of Gerontius himself, βIβve not filled his part with church tunes and other rubbish, but a good healthy full-blooded romantic remembered worldliness.β
Composer: Edward Elgar
Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Performers: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Chorus
Performer: Alice Coote (Mezzo)
Performer: Stuart Skelton (Tenor)
Performer: Alan Ewing (Bass)
Conductor: Sakari Oramo
Recording date: 16 May 2018
Date of broadcast: 21 May 2018