
Prom 75 (part 2): Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, Part 2 of Elgar's great oratorio The Dream of Gerontius, with Simon Rattle conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 1)
8.10 pm INTERVAL
8.30 pm
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op 38 (Part 2)
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano)
Toby Spence (tenor)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the second of two performances by the Vienna Philharmonic, completing a Proms triptych of Elgar's great oratorios, spread across recent seasons, with arguably the greatest of them all: The Dream of Gerontius. This is spiritual inquiry at its most musically intoxicating and ecstatic - a work that reaches after the same mystic transcendence as Wagner's Parsifal. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená as the Angel.
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Music Played
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Edward Elgar
The Dream of Gerontius part 2
Conductor: Sir Simon. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. -
Jack Davies
All the Night's Adventures
Ensemble: Flea Circus. -
Jack Davies
Zapushalka
Ensemble: Flea Circus. -
Jack Davies
La Puce
Ensemble: Flea Circus. -
Jack Davies
Tresses
Ensemble: Flea Circus.
Broadcast
- Fri 11 Sep 2015 20:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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