Rome’s Basilica of St Paul Exterior the Partitions to host live performance on 29 April.
London’s Southbank Sinfonia orchestra and the UK Parliament Choir will carry out The Dream of Gerontius by Edward Elgar on the Basilica of St Paul Exterior the Partitions in Rome on Saturday 29 April.
The live performance for choir and orchestra at 21.00 can be performed by Simon Over and has the patronage of the UK embassy to the Holy See and the Fondazione Professional Musica e Arte Sacra.
On 29 April, @parliamentchoir @SoutgbankSinf can be bringing over 300 singers to St. Paul’s exterior the Partitions Basilica to carry out The Dream of Gerontius, Elgar’s musical masterpiece celebrating St. John Henry Newman’s legacy. Photos from the press convention earlier at present. pic.twitter.com/bcHCCXN6tf— UK in Holy See (@UKinHolySee) April 13, 2023
Described by organisers as a narrative relating the journey of a person’s soul after demise, the composition presents “a musical world laden with emotional energy, depicting fallen angels, ache, worry, and exultation.”
