Supported by Peter Ascroft in memory of Douglas Story
Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geraint Bowen conductor
Catherine Wyn-Rogers mezzo-soprano
Adrian Thompson tenor
Neal Davies bass-baritone
Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Elgar’s most renowned composition for chorus, orchestra and soloists, which sets Cardinal Newman’s poem, is now regarded as the greatest choral work of the late Romantic age.
