" marks the awakening of the title character's soul after his death.
The latter of its two parts opens in the key of F major and the tempo Dolce e Legato and shifts to a light 3/4 meter as the song "I Went to Sleep and Now I am Refreshed" marks the awakening of the title character's soul after his death. The following movement, "My Work is Done," introduces the mezzo-soprano role of the title character's guardian angel, who guides him to the Court of Judgment, with the epic chorus "Praise to the Holiest in the Height" following as the title character crosses the threshold of Heaven. Based on a John Henry Newman poem of the same title, this is, FTP, what Edward Elgar oratorio about an old man's vision of the afterlife?
The latter of its two parts opens in the key of F major and the tempo Dolce e Legato and shifts to a light 3/4 meter as the song "I Went to Sleep
The {Dream of Gerontius}