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Saturday 22 November 2008 at 7.45pm at The Anvil – Basingstoke
Edward Elgar’s
THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Soloists:
TBA - Mezzo-soprano
TBA - Tenor
TBA – Bass
Basingstoke Choral Society with the
New London Sinfonia
David Gibson - Conductor
Cardinal Newman’s poem tells of the journey of a man’s soul after death – Gerontius may be translated roughly as an old man. Elgar was given a copy of the poem in 1889 as a wedding present. The first performance in 1900 in Birmingham, was not a success, due to the complexity of the work and insufficient time being allowed for rehearsals. However, one year later, a performance in Dusseldorf to a packed audience was an unqualified success.
Today, the work is undoubtedly the most popular of all Elgar’s choral works and indeed, among the most frequently performed of all his works. Surely no-one can remain unmoved by the priest’s invocation to Gerontius, as part 1 ends, to ‘go forth’, nor in part 2 by the chorus of ‘Praise to the Holiest’, the words of which were also taken to form the well-known hymn (source: The Elgar Society).
When and Where: Saturday, 22 November 2008 at 7.45pm at The Anvil, Basingstoke.
Tickets: £10, £14, £17, £22; under 16’s and full-time students £5, group discounts for parties of 10plus people. Tickets are available from
The
Anvil Box Office on 01256 844244.
Sunday 1 February 2009 at 3pm at Fairfield Hall – Croydon
A MOSAIC OF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Soloist:
Akiko Enomoto - Mezzo-soprano
Basingstoke Choral Society join
Croydon Philharmonic Choir with the choristers of
Royal Russell School
New London Sinfonia
David Gibson - Conductor
When and Where: Sunday, 1 February 2009 at 3.00pm at Fairfield Hall, Croydon.
Tickets will be available from members of the Croydon Philharmonic Choir.
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