The Dream of Gerontius
Fri 5.4.2024 7 PM
Concert Hall, Helsinki Music Centre
Tickets: 10-40 € from Ticketmaster
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Collon, conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Helsinki Chamber Choir
Music Centre Choir
Cambridge University Choir
EDWARD ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius
The name Gerontius is derived from Greek and simply means an old man. The one in the magnificent oratorio by Edward Elgar dreams of life after death, of Purgatory, angels, and finally seeing The Creator.