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BBC Proms 2000

BBC Radio 3
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Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
As the climax of his three-year project to perform all three of Elgar's oratorios with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis brings Elgar's magnificent setting of Cardinal Newman's visionary poem to the Proms in the centenary year of its premiere.

Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Glenn Winsdale (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Part 1)

8.40 Interval: Dreams of Elysium
Cardinal Newman's poem The Dream of Gerontius is just one in a canon of religious literary dreams. John Walsh ponders the tradition, drawing on a diverse range of examples - from the 10th-century Vercelli Book to Julian Barnes's Dream of Heaven.

9.00 The Dream of Gerontius (Part 2)

(Repeated Thursday 2pm)

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Mezzo:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor:
Glenn Winsdale
Bass:
Alastair Miles
Speaker (Interval):
John Walsh
Source: Radio Times

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