Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	11th September 2015
To	11th September 2015
When	19:30
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 4 Jun 15 - T1034016473

Prom 75 - Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

Work:: Prom 75 (S1541857075)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius (T1034016473)

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 BBC Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena as the Angel. Finish time approx. 21:40

Performer	Magdalena Kozena (mezzo-soprano)
Performer	Toby Spence (tenor)
Performer	Roderick Williams (baritone)
Company	BBC Proms Youth Choir
Company	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor	Simon Rattle (Sir)

Listing:: L1397788984

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

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 BBC Proms Youth Choir returns for its fourth festival appearance, joining soloists Toby Spence and Roderick Williams, with Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena as the Angel. Finish time approx. 21:40

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