An epic performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at Guildford Cathedral in collaboration with Bracknell Choral Society

6:00pm, Sat, 22 Mar 2025

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  • Type of event: Performance
    Start time: 6:00pm
    Venue: Guildford Cathedral, Stag Hill, Guildford GU2 7UP
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    Ticket pricing/options: TBC
    Description:

    Against the wonderful backdrop of Guildford Cathedral, Bracknell and Wokingham Choral Societies will perform The Dream of Gerontius, widely regarded as Elgar's finest choral work.

    With 170 singers, 3 professional soloists, 60-piece orchestra, and the Cathedral's beautiful organ, this concert promises to be a not-to-be-missed performance of epic proportions. 

    As Elgar himself described it (quotating from John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies):
    'This is the best of me; for the rest, I ate, and drank, and slept, loved and hated, like another: my life was as the vapour and is not; but this I saw and knew; this, if anything of mine, is worth your memory.'

    Conductor: George de Voil
    Choirmaster: Greg Hallam
    Organ: Ben Giddens
    Soloists: TBC
    Orchestra: British Sinfonietta

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