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The Dream of Gerontius (deutsch: „ Der Traum des Gerontius “) ist der Titel eines Oratoriums von Edward Elgar, das 1900 uraufgeführt wurde. Das als op. 38 veröffentlichte Werk zählt zu den wichtigsten Werken des englischen Komponisten und genießt insbesondere in seiner Heimat große Popularität.
The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory.
The Dream of Gerontius is an 1865 poem written by John Henry Newman, consisting of the prayer of a dying man, and angelic and demonic responses. The poem, written after Newman's conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, [1] explores his new Catholic-held beliefs of the journey from death through Purgatory, thence to Paradise ...
- John Henry Newman
- 1865
7. Aug. 2015 · The piece follows an “everyman” character (the word "Gerontius" come from the Greek for “old man”) as he faces death, meets his guardian Angel and goes before his God before being taken to Purgatory with the promise of everlasting glory. No wonder it’s one of the most epic works ever written.
19. Sept. 2016 · Edward Elgars Oratorium »The Dream of Gerontius« ist dazu angetan, einen Konzertsaal in einen sakralen, kultischen Raum zu verwandeln. Das monumentale Werk beschreibt mit seiner spätromantischen Orchesterbesetzung, den klanggewaltigen, zuweilen doppelchörigen Chorgesängen sowie mit drei großen Solopartien die vom katholischen ...
The Dream of Gerontius. discography. The Dream of Gerontius, Edward Elgar 's 1900 work for singers and orchestra, [n 1] had to wait forty-five years for its first complete recording. Sir Henry Wood made acoustic recordings of four extracts from The Dream of Gerontius as early as 1916, with Clara Butt as the angel, and Henry Coward 's ...
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius - the complete text. Follow the text of Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, to text from the poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman. PART 1. Gerontius. Jesu, Maria – I am near to death, And Thou art calling me; I know it now, Not by the token of this faltering breath, This chill at heart, this dampness on my brow –.
