A special performance of the oratorio was given from St Paul's Cathedral on 26 November 1997 to mark the 75th anniversary of the BBC. Andrew Davis conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with mezzo-soprano Catherine Wyn-Rogers, tenor Philip Langridge and bass Alastair Miles. The concert was broadcast live on BBC Two television and BBC Radio 3, and later released on VHS video (NVC Arts), whereupon it was heralded as "the most convincing modern interpretation of "Gerontius"", and DVD (Warner Music Vision). "The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music", 2008, gave its maximum four star rating to this DVD recording of "The Dream of Gerontius", rating it as "the finest recorded "Gerontius" ever".