Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius |Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Mozart Players

The Dream of Gerontius, based on a poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman, is Elgar’s most famous and loved choral work. He wrote at the end of the manuscript score: ‘This is the best of me … this, if anything of mine, is worth your memory.’ Despite a premiere that did not do it justice, it was later hailed as a success and helped elevate Elgar to the forefront of European composers.