Wednesday 16 May 2018
Barbican Centre London, Barbican Hall
Concert Information
Sakari Oramo, a passionate Elgarian, conducts a superb trio of soloists in the composer’s greatest oratorio.
Sir Edward Elgar’s strong Roman Catholic faith drew him to a text by Cardinal Newman which explores the journey of man’s soul through death, divine judgement and Purgatory. It contains some of his greatest music and caused Richard Strauss to raise a glass, saying ‘I drink to the success and welfare of the first English progressive musician, Meister Elgar’. This performance brings together three of the work’s finest interpreters: the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra won a Gramophone Choral Award in 2015 for their recording of Gerontius.
Programme
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Performers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Alice Coote mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton tenor
Alan Ewing bass
BBC Symphony Chorus