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Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England
Programme
Edward Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38
Performers
Kathryn Rudge – soprano
David Ellis – baritone
Nick Hardy – Tenor
Graham Jordan Ellis – Conductor
Chester Music Society Choir
Liverpool Sinfonia
Chester Cathedral Choir
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
The Dream of Gerontius is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Sir Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgement before God.
Gerontius is a devout Everyman. Elgar's setting uses most of the text of the first part of Newman's poem, which takes place on Earth. This music is now cherished by believers of many denominations, as well as by countless agnostic music-lovers. It is no longer the doctrine that matters, but the heartfelt expression of loss and hope in the face of death: Farewell, but not for ever!
Join Chester Music Society Choir and soloists in a performance of this work which is widely regarded as Elgar's finest choral composition. Sung in English.
