Programme
- The Dream of Gerontius(95 mins)
Performers
- Beth Taylormezzo soprano
- Neal Daviesbass
- RCS Chamber Choirchoir
- Ryan Wigglesworthconductor
Composers
About this Concert
Please note that tickets will not be available to purchase on the door and must be booked in advance online - limited tickets available
Join us in the magnificent setting of Paisley Abbey for an epic choral masterpiece. 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, the Huddersfield Choral Society and the RCS Chamber Choir complete an all-star line-up for this landmark of British music.
This concert ends at approximately 9.10pm
Tickets can be booked through Paisley Abbey's Eventbrite.