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Paisley Abbey: Elgar's Dream of Gerontius

Name: Paisley Abbey: Elgar's Dream of Gerontius
Start: 2025-02-27T19:30:00
Location: Paisley Abbey

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Join us in the magnificent setting of Paisley Abbey for an epic choral masterpiece. Gerontius is a very ordinary sort of human being – and as he lies dying, he’s anguished and afraid. But his cry of longing opens a portal to wonders beyond the imagination. “This is the best of me” wrote Elgar on the score of The Dream of Gerontius, and this epic drama of a lonely soul’s voyage towards eternity can move listeners to tears. Ryan Wigglesworth has fo...

Program

Edward Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius

Participants

Neal Davies

Bass

Beth Taylor

Singer

Ryan Wigglesworth

Conductor

Brenden Patrick Gunnell

Singer

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra