BBC SSO at Paisley Abbey: Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'

Schedule

Thu Feb 27 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Paisley Abbey | Paisley, SC

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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra team up with world-class vocalists for Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius.
About this Event

Join the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at the magnificent setting of Paisley Abbey for an epic choral masterpiece!

Gerontius is a very ordinary sort of human being – and as he lies dying, he’s anguished and afraid. But his cry of longing opens a portal to wonders beyond the imagination. “This is the best of me” wrote Elgar on the score of 'The Dream of Gerontius', and this epic drama of a lonely soul’s voyage towards eternity can move listeners to tears.

BBC SSO Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth has form with Elgar: in a previous performance, The Observer noted that he “plumbed the work’s rich meanings, sacred and secular” – and that Brenden Gunnell sang the title role “with feeling but never excess”. Beth Taylor, Neal Davies and the Huddersfield Choral Society complete an all-star line-up for this landmark of British music.


ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius
Part 1 - 35 minutes
Interval
Part 2 - 60 minutes

Beth Taylor, mezzo soprano
Brenden Patrick Gunnell, tenor
Neal Davies, bass
Huddersfield Choral Society

Ryan Wigglesworth, conductor
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra


Ticket Types & Prices

• Area A: £28

• Area B: £24

• Area C (Restricted View): £20

• Balcony: £24 Not suitable for people with restricted mobility

• Concession* (Areas A-C): £10

• Concession* (Balcony): £10 Not suitable for people with restricted mobility

• Wheelchair User/Wheelchair companion*: £10


*Concessions are available for Students, Under 26s and Registered Disabled (Please present ID on arrival).

Please note that seats in the Balcony are not suitable for wheelchair users and people with restricted mobility due to staircase.

Areas A-C are located in the church pews on ground level. Area C is likely to have a restricted view.

Book tickets via Eventbrite. For any queries relating to ticketing, please contact Paisley Abbey on 0141 889 7654.

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Paisley Abbey, Abbey Close, Paisley, United Kingdom

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