Performance on 3 - 15/11/2007

Petroc Trelawny presents another chance to hear this performance of Elgar's magnificent oratorio, recorded at the 2005 BBC Proms. Elgar set texts by Cardinal John Henry Newman in a work that was to become eloquent testimony to the composer's Catholic faith. Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Angel ...... Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Gerontius ...... Paul Groves (tenor) Priest/Angel of the Agony ...... Matthew Best (bass-baritone) Hallé Youth Choir Hallé Choir London Philharmonic Choir Hallé Orchestra Mark Elder (conductor).