
Prom 37 - Elgar's The Apostles
A Prom in which Mark Elder conducts the Halle and a distinguished cast of singers in one of the English choral tradition's major works: Elgar's Biblical oratorio The Apostles.
With Louise Fryer
Mark Elder conducts the ±á²¹±ô±ôé and a distinguished cast of singers in one of the English choral tradition's major works: Elgar's dramatic and Biblical oratorio The Apostles. Elgar explores the inner feelings of Judas Iscariot with dramatic intensity, and Christ's anguished cry from the cross becomes a wordless lament.
Elgar conceived the idea for The Apostles as a schoolboy, but the project came to fruition only in 1903 - after both The Dream of Gerontius and a visit to Bayreuth to hear Wagner's The Ring and Parsifal.
Presented by Martin Handley
Elgar: The Apostles
Rebecca Evans (Soprano - The Angel Gabriel / The Blessed Virgin Mary)
Alice Coote (Mezzo-Soprano - Mary Magdalene / Narrator 2)
Paul Groves (Tenor - St John / Narrator 1)
Jacques Imbrailo (Baritone - Jesus)
Clive Bayley (Bass - Judas)
David Kempster (Baritone - St Peter)
Musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music and the University of Manchester (Chorus of Apostles)
±á²¹±ô±ôé Choir
±á²¹±ô±ôé Youth Choir
London Philharmonic Choir
±á²¹±ô±ôé
Mark Elder (Conductor).
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Music Played
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto for mandolin and orchestra(RV.425)in C major, 1st movement
- Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Galfetti/I Barocchisti/Fasolis.
- Claves.
- 13.
Broadcast
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3