750th Anniversary Concert - Elgar's 'The Dream of Gerontius'

Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson tenor
Benedict Nelson bass

Choir of Merton College, Oxford
Kodály Choir
Members of the Oxford Bach Choir
Oxford Philomusica 

Benjamin Nicholas conductor

‘This is the best of me’ wrote Elgar at the end of the completed score of The Dream of Gerontius. Three choirs, an exceptional team of soloists and Oxford University's Orchestra-in-Residence combined to celebrate Merton College's 750th anniversary.

• Elgar hits a chord - an Oxford Times interview with the conductor Benjamin Nicholas

A Merton 750 Concert, promoted by Music at Oxford