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10 Aug 2012, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2012 Prom 37: Elgar – The Apostles

Prom 37: Elgar – The Apostles
18:45 Fri 10 Aug 2012 Royal Albert Hall
Rebecca Evans and Alice Coote appear in Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles with the ±á²¹±ô±ôé under leading Elgarian Sir Mark Elder.
Rebecca Evans and Alice Coote appear in Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles with the ±á²¹±ô±ôé under leading Elgarian Sir Mark Elder.

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Leading Elgar interpreter Sir Mark Elder directs a stellar cast and large-scale choral forces, reviving a major work of the British choral tradition.

Elgar conceived The Apostles as a schoolboy, but the project came to fruition only in 1903 – after both The Dream of Gerontius and a visit to Bayreuth to hear Wagner’s The Ring and Parsifal. Elgar explores the inner feelings of Judas Iscariot with dramaticÌý intensity, and Christ’s anguished cry from the cross becomes a wordless lament.

There will be one interval

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Discover the Music Download a short audio guide published on the day about a key work in tonight’s Prom: Stephen Johnson talks about Elgar's The Apostles.