The Dream of Gerontius
Mar 17, 2022
3 minutes
Edward Elgar
The work
n 1900, Edward Elgar was flushed with the success of the , premiered just one year earlier. After years of musical struggle, things were looking up for this jobbing, provincial violin teacher. Over the course of the previous decade, he had produced a series of well received, large-scale choral works, including and , and when the Birmingham Music Festival approached him to write a new choral work, he had already made his mark as one of the most respected of emerging British composers. , however, would propel him to international
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