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Magnificent! In every aspect. I fell in love with Matthew Best. Such substance to his voice and so handsome to behold!

So moving....... 🙏🙏🙏

Praise to the Holiest is my favorite hymn of all time. The poetry, melody and harmony are just out of this world.

Elgar is my favorite composer. I went to his gravesite and laid a flower on his stone in gratitude for all the joy his music has given me for the last 45 years. Softly and gently is one of the most sublimely consoling pieces I have ever heard. I attended a live performance of Gerontius only 2 weeks after my mom passed and I wasn’t sure I would be able get through it without dissolving. But the Angel’s Farewell was so comforting that there are no words to describe the depth of emotion and compassion in Elgar’s music. And The Kingdom and The Apostles likewise are brilliant works. The thrilling conclusion of The Apostles is nothing less than breathtaking. What I so admire about Elgar’s religious works is the depth of conviction that stems from a deeply felt spirituality; there is nothing saccharine about his music. I will never forget the collective gasp from the capacity audience at the conclusion when I heard The Dream at the New York Philharmonic in 2001. By the way, as a New York Jew I am proof that great religious music transcends everything and brings us closer to God regardless of our religious persuasion. RIP Sir Edward, and thank you.

Une œuvre grandiose de ce compositeur trop peu mis en avant. Et une interprétation magistrale! Du soliste, chœur à l'orchestre, tout est d'une musicalité profonde qui emporte l'âme ❤

Yes an outstanding and moving performance. I particularly enjoyed Alice Coote. Thank you for posting - it was good to have all the applause included. It is so encouraging to see so many people attending these concerts. The BBC Proms are an international treasure.

I saw this at Fairfield Halls, Croydon on Saturday, performed by The Kensington Symphony Orchestra and Epiphoni Consort. Conducted by Russell Keable. Soloists: Beth Taylor, Oliver Johnston and Alaric Green. An absolutely magnificent work and even better live. How fortunate we are that there are talented people committed to mounting these productions. For me, listening to this recording a few times prior to the concert was worthwhile. Is that normal? Do other concert goers prefer a basic familiarity or can a grand work like this be fully appreciated from scratch? The last few minutes in particular moved me to ecstasy, that's not a phrase I've ever used before.

What a performance! And the soloists are wonderful - they act their roles, as well as singing beautifully. I bet Elgar was looking down, smiling upon this performance. It doesn't get better than this

I don't know this work at all but am booked to see it at Fairfield Halls, Croydon on May 11th, having heard it's Elgar's masterpiece. Hopefully by then I'll be singing along!

Amazing theme ... gotta admit .. it was disgusting how Europeans treated native americans ...

Have grown to love this wonderful work over fifty years plus of choral singing.I first heard it performed at the 3 Choirs festival in Worcester Cathedral many years ago ,have heard several performances since ,and this Proms one is one of the best.I have also sung in the chorus in 2 performances over the years. It is being performed in Bristol Cathedral on Sat. 18th May 2024 by Bristol Classical Players ,conductor Tom Gauterin,with Bristol Cabot Choir,Bristol Phoenix Choir,The Fitzhardinge Consort and professional soloists. This recording has been a useful rehearsal aid for preparing to sing in the chorus once more .

Aged 18, I sang the bass line in the Royal Choral Society in the Royal Albert Hall under Sir Malcolm Sargent. Eight years later, having studied at the Royal Academy of Music for four years, I sang the bass solos professionally.

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Does anyone know the total number of performers for this version?

It will be performd in Wells Cathedral 23/3/2024. Tickets available online. Make.a weekend of it and visit this charming city!

I am not religious but I find great comfort in the great religious masterpieces of music. I've only recently started diving into Elgar's music but I can without a shadow of a doubt consider this one of the most overwhelmingly beautiful and moving things I have ever heard. I wish I could shake his hand and thank him for his wonderful music.

1:24:30 onwards is some of the most moving music I've ever heard. It's absolutely electric to be part of and soothes the soul. I sang Gerontius with Schola Cantorum of Oxford with Oxford Philomusica at the Sheldonian in 2003, under James Burton who was also Mark Elder's deputy at the Halle at the time - I then followed him there but was not part of this concert. "Come back, O Lord, how long!"

As an old man (75) who has survived near death experience in the first responder's "triangle of death" shortly after my latelife confirmation to Roman Catholicism from Anglicanism, I identify profoundly with this great work of Elgar. It's never too late to come home to Rome and reveal Jesus by your witness and life. Bless to excess.

Some years ago I visited the Edward Elgar house - and Museum...an older man stood at the desk where CD´es were sold. I decided to put him this question, that I wanted to buy a recording of Dream of Gerontius...with Kathleen Ferrier singing the Angel...! He looked up from his papers and looked at me, with a little smile! "So would I he said, so would I" and we had a fine little conversation on the fact that such a recording does not exist! But this glorious performance is such a joy to listen to...so thank´s for these 1:35 minutes close to Heaven.

What's with the crappy sound quality?

I meant Paul Best!!

Magnificent, mark elder is the best tenor I’ve ever heard, clarity, passion, musicality

11:03 beginning words.

It's worth listening to this, and then listening to all the other Dream of Gerontius recordings on RUclips or elsewhere before making a judgment. This is a live recording (and the coughs don't detract from the quality of musicianship or singing) and there is an emotional element at least equal to any other - including Barbirolli's and Janet Baker's. Perhaps it's helped by the fact that we are seeing the chorus, singers, conductor and orchestra 'in the flesh' .

The coughs😭😭

Ftnmf - 17:40

I am going to perform this piece in 1 week and I am soooo excited! It is going to be a brilliant experience I am going to love it! I am not religious though but it is possibly the highest anticipated score I ever do ❤

the sound on this has been totally f****d up! The loudest passages are just as loud as the quietest????? OK equalise a bit but listening to this you are not getting the concert hall experience. Music is all about creating drama and that includes the volume. Why do you think composes use all those crescendo and diminuendo symbols and double ffs and double pp's FFS!

I love Elgar. Amazing,in self thought. In my opinion, this is the most amazing work of the early 20th century. Well one of them. He was self tought. Just enjoy. This is not an oratorio. It's operatic. My best copy is dame James Baker and Halle Orchestra and the divene Sir John ,Barbirolli.

Amazing.

The last time I felt that moved from listening to a piece was Haydn's Creation. Super unique but gives me the feeling of being heavily inspired by many greats, including Bach! As someone else said, a truly spiritual piece.

Sang this over 35 years ago and still remember much of the bass lines...those several pivotal moments still impact me...”take me away”, “softly and gently”, and “come back oh Lord” in particular.

Splendid Gerontius from Paul Groves, bright and forward and not nasal and hooty à l’anglais. But not quite impeccable, as the announcer says. He misses the entrance ‘Joseph, pray for me’ at Novello p. 35, 8 after rehearsal 63.

Magnificent!!

It's beautiful and I been listening to this at night just before sleep. Edgar's masterpiece works its way into my dreaming. It's beyond words .

this go hard af

I saw this in Cincinnati in 2017. Magnificent beyond words.

All that quasi- Parsifal stuff in the first ten minutes is fun.

Elgar himself wrote on the final page of this manuscript, “This is the best of me.”

On his deathbed, Strauss supposedly said, with not a little bit of self-promotion, "death is exactly as I scored it (in Tod und Verklärung)"...I pray, and suspect, it would be more like The Dream of Gerontius. This work reaches the artistic beauty and undeniable reality of Bach. Undoubtedly Elgar 's masterpiece and a treasure of both concert and sacred art.

I entered 2023 listening to this. I'd never heard it before and it is good!

Stunning! Pure joy! 👏👏👏

Wonderful performance

Thank you Auntie. A wonderful performance.

What a performance by Paul Groves, an American tenor with a muscular voice. Just perfect.

This was fun to sing, I enjoyed doing the 'Demons' part. Tricky timing but most enjoyable

I sang this as a second Alto in the choir, not this choir :) It's a beautiful work to sing, haunting, magical and unique.

What perfectly perfect soloists the singers are ! Perfect for their parts.

Heavenly ! Thank you. I was thinking this was on this year. Divine.