Элгар - «Сон Геронтия» (The Dream Of Gerontius) - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor - Live Concert HD

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by 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 judgment before God and settling into Purgatory. On the musical programme: Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 The musicians: Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Netherlands Radio Choir Karina Canellakis, conductor Edward Ananian-Cooper, choir conductor Sebastian Kohlhepp, tenor (Gerontius) Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Angel) Roderick Williams, baritone (The Priest/Angel of the Agony)