Claire Rutter, Sarah Connolly, James Oxley, Ashley Riches, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington
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The Holy City and the Heavenly Kingdom
The evening concert series opens with the work that many people consider to be the finest of Elgar's sacred choral works. The Kingdom followed The Apostles as the second of an uncompleted trilogy on the early Christian church. Conductor Sir Adrian Boult thought it was a much more balanced work than the more famous The Dream of gerontius, maintaining throughout 'a stream of glorious music'. In our concert it is preceded by one of the most famous works by the composer who had such an influence on Elgar's musical style: Gloucester-born Charles Hubert Hastings Parry.
They will perform Parry's original version of 'Jerusalem', in which the first verse is sung by a soloist, rather than the version for unison chorus with orchestration by Elgar which is much better known today.
This evening's concert is sponsored by Great Western Railway, with support from Judith Holroyd for The Kingdom
Claire Rutter
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Dame Sarah Connolly
English mezzo-soprano from County Durham who studied piano and singing at the Royal College of Music. Sarah has performed at venues around the world…
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Ashley Riches
Baritone Ashley Riches is a rising star of the Royal Opera House.
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James Oxley, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Partington
Gloucester Cathedral
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Gloucester Cathedral
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