| Main Performers | Rebecca Evans - The Angel Gabriel and Mary the Blessed Virgin,
Alice Coote - Mary Magdalene and Narrator,
Paul Groves - John and Narrator,
Jacques Imbrailo - Jesus,
David Kempster - Peter,
Clive Bayley - Judas |
| Secondary Performers | Chorus of Apostles:
Thomas Cameron,
Thomas Kelly,
Timothy Langston,
Thomas Morass,
Adam Player,
Stefan Berkieta,
Matthew Kellett,
Graham McCusker,
Daniel Shelvey |
| Choirs | Halle Choir
Halle Youth Choir
London Philharmonic Choir |
| Performance Notes | 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 Wagners The Ring and Parsifal. Elgar explores the inner feelings of Judas Iscariot with dramatic intensity, and Christs anguished cry from the cross becomes a wordless lament.
There was one interval.
The appearance of the Halle Orchestra was supported by Manchester Airport, Brother, PZ Cussons plc, Siemens plc. |
| Related Archival Material | Proms Guide (RAHE/1/2012/58),
Programme (RAHE/1/2012/95),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2012/39),
Poster (RAHE/2/2012/24) |