Name: Paisley Abbey: Elgar's Dream Of Gerontius
Start: 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Paisley Abbey

Admin

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Ryan Wigglesworth

Others

The Huddersfield Choral Society

Orchestra

Usher Hall

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Beth Taylor

Mezzo-Soprano

Tenor

Brenden Gunnell

Bass

Neal Davies

Paisley Abbey: Elgar's Dream Of Gerontius

Paisley

United Kingdom

Paisley Abbey

Edinburgh

Public

The Dream of Gerontius

Sharan Allad

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Soprano

Countertenor

Contralto

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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 form with Elgar: in a previous performance, The Observer noted that he “plumbed the work’s rich meanings, sacred and secular” – and that Brenden Gunnell sang the title role “with feeling but never excess”. Beth Taylor, Neal Davies and the Huddersfield Choral Society complete an all-star line-up for this landmark of British music.

English

Paisley Abbey: Elgar's Dream Of Gerontius by Elgar, From (2025/2025), Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, Paisley Abbey, Paisley, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues