Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- well i haven't actually uploaded anything that i have brand new newly made for a couple of days becaus e i want and uploaded some older videos again instead, but i wanted to do this score video because there was a performance of it i was singing in. sorry about the bad audio quality it's very very compressed i hope you don't mind too much. i've been skipping meals because i spetn waytoo much time trying to put this together instead i dont think i even got more than a couple of hours sleep because making this was too adictive. here it is and i hope you like it because i really really realy love elgars the dream of gerontius
This piece is very special to me. I too sang in a performance of it; it was my first experience of singing with a full symphony orchestra. You wouldn't believe the power and weight of a modern romantic orchestra at close range! Most of us never get to hear orchestral music as the conductor and musicians experience it, unless we have a super-good hi-fi and turn the volume up 'til the floor shakes and the neighbours complain. At the climax of the work (1:16:58, described below), at dress rehearsal in the resonant, crowded quarters of a high school gym, I was almost literally knocked off my chair by the full orchestra entering fff. The whole experience was a deeply moving one, a primary musical awakening that has stayed with me in memory for decades. Thank you for posting, especially with the synchronized score.
52:05 you can hear the more peaceful motif try to speak, but it get shut down several times, until it finally shows itself!
and at 52:37 Its nice to finally hear the "i went to sleep" beginning of part 2 return. After all the turmoil and evil
1:25:05 There are so many motifs played here, Elgar captured the idea of a dreaming. In a dream you go through many wild experiences, But Elgar wraps it up with a recap of the dream. Its similar to many thoughts flowing in your head, as displayed in this music
And my favorite motif currently is 1:02:11. Composer have certain patterns of rhythm which makes it sound like only them. This part really sounds like elgar
Absolutely gorgeous. This is a new work for me and I have absolutely fallen in love with it. Thank you for posting the orchestral score. :-)
Thank you for sharing this score + performance. My community chorus is planning a performance of this Elgar oratorio, and we just started rehearsing. But it was not included on Cyberbass, so this score/performance is a very valuable resource for practice at home. I greatly appreciate the time and effort you put in to preparing it.
A symphony with voices or two dramatic scenes. Not an oratorio. Good luck. I have applied to sing this work too. It s difficult....
49:02 This Double Fugue though ^^
17:38 the sounds like an elgar symphony
29:33 This entire part "GO FORTH IN THE NAME" is so powerful probably the best part of this opera
It’s not an opera, and Elgar didn’t like it described as an oratorio either. It is ‘sui generis’, a very great and unique composition.
Indeed. But I too have my favourite parts, and I would vote the solo "Softly and Gently" (1:21:25) the most beautiful. The whole final section is Elgar at his most noble-the absolute epitome of Elgar. And just preceding, for sheer power (not possible to hear with all its proper force & intensity with UA-cam's compression) the climax of the whole work, where Gerontius is led to judgement: At 1:16:58 the brass intones the "Judgement" theme, molto crescendo, till (as he finally faces God) there is a sudden silence, that can seem to stretch forever in a live performance, ended by the crash of the full orchestra fffz (complete with tam-tam) and Gerontius' heart-rending cry "Take me away...."
@@ransomcoates546it's a cantata
@@f.p.2010 ??
@@ransomcoates546 it isn't sui generis, as it's a cantata
Elgar is posh and fresh.
Not quite the adjectives that first come to mind. Perhaps human and eternal?
What a complex score! But magnificent music.
1:07:07 - best moment
1:01:23
This and the *GO FORTH!!!* are my favorite moments
Otherworldly. What are the names of the singers, choir, and orchestra involved in this particular rendition?
this is just a choir sing with and we are an amateur chorus
That's no amateur recording.
@@duncanwilson7390 The mezzo-soprano is recognisably Catherine Wyn-Rogers. I think this is the performance:
Arts Centre Melbourne: Hamer Hall, Melbourne on 8 March 2018/10 March 2018
Programme
Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.38
Performers
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mezzo-soprano
Stuart Skelton, Tenor
Nathan Berg, Bass-baritone
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
bachtrack.com/review-elgar-gerontius-davis-skelton-wyn-rogers-melbourne-march-2018
www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/weekend-afternoons/mso-the-dream-of-gerontius/9557220
@@OrganisedSound wtf lol