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Pappano Leads LSO in Powerful Elgar Oratorio Performance

4/21/2026

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Antonio Pappano, conductor, led the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with dramatic intensity in Elgar's oratorio, though the Barbican stage hindered ideal sound separation.
The prelude showed Wagnerian influences.
David Butt Philip and Emily D’Angelo delivered powerful and moving performances as Gerontius and the Angel.
William Thomas impressed as Priest and Angel of the Agony.

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Story summary

Antonio Pappano, conductor, led the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with dramatic intensity in Elgar's oratorio, though the Barbican stage hindered ideal sound separation.
The prelude showed Wagnerian influences.
David Butt Philip and Emily D’Angelo delivered powerful and moving performances as Gerontius and the Angel.
William Thomas impressed as Priest and Angel of the Agony.