London Philharmonic - Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius
Edward Gardner conducts Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Christine Rice, Paul Groves and Neal Davies, Clare College Choir, and the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra.
Presented by Catherine Bott
The Dream of Gerontius is one of Elgar's finest masterpieces. It's based on a poem by the Catholic Cardinal Newman which tells the story of the dying Gerontius's soul as it passes from life into death, from judgement to purgatory. Elgar imagined Gerontius as a man like us with all his worldly sins, brought before God for judgement. He poured his heart into the work, throughout the score his great mastery of orchestration and choral writing is on display and it is for good reason that Elgar wrote at the end of his manuscript 'This is the best of me..this, if anything of mine, is worth your memory.'
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Angel ..... Christine Rice (mezzo soprano)
Gerontius ..... Paul Groves (tenor)
Priest/Angel of the Agony ..... Neal Davies (baritone)
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor).
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- Thu 31 Mar 2011 19:0091热爆 Radio 3