Elijah

Archive Listings for Elijah

T2031025794 (VICHALL10) Company Ceramic City Choir. Company Phoenix Singers Leek. Company Leicestershire Chorale. Company Orchestra da Camera. Performer Julie Moffatt (soprano). Performer Vanessa Williamson (mezzo soprano). Performer Martyn Hill (tenor). Performer Graeme Damby (baritone). Conductor Oliver Neal Parker.
16 Oct 10	Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent :: V169339333 listing details L1772282405
T1822892192 (COLSTON09) Company Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Performer Christoper Purves (Elijah). Performer Kate Valentine (soprano). Performer Alex Cassidy (mezzo). Performer hugh Hetherington (tenor). Company Bristol Choral Society. Conductor Adrian Partington.
21 Nov 09	Colston Hall, Bristol :: V1410 listing details L1733381499
T0226202144 (HULLCITY09) Company Hull Choral Union.
23 Apr 09	Hull New Theatre, Hull :: V934 listing details L0464562245
T01538462165 (STDAVID09) Company BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. Conductor Thierry Fischer. Performer Ailish Tynan (soprano). Performer Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano). Performer Wendy Dawn Thompson (mezzo soprano). Performer Andrew Kennedy (tenor). Performer Neal Davies (bass).
1 Mar 09	St David's Hall, Cardiff :: V825 listing details L386800402
T01781555423 (EDINFEST09) Company Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Performer Lucy Crowe (soprano). Performer Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano). Performer Mark Padmore (tenor). Performer Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone). Company Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus.
29 Jan 09	Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600 listing details L786673568
T01303445512 (SEVENOAKS06) Company Sevenoaks Philharmonic Choir.
26 Mar 06	Sevenoaks Playhouse (previously Stag Theatre), Sevenoaks :: V688 listing details L01367746253
T1830603066 (ABERARTS05) Company Aberystwyth Choral Society. Conductor David Russell Hulme. Performer Stuart Kempster. Performer Gaynor Keeble.
10 Dec 05	Arts Centre, Aberystwyth :: V817 listing details L01064271171
T02054247367 (CASTLE05) Company Wellingborough Orpheus Choir. Performer Robert Lamb (leader). Conductor Jonathan Sheldon. Performer Andre Leculeur.
7 May 05	The Castle, Wellingborough :: V465 listing details L1784969240
T2009334826 (BARB04) Music Mendelssohn. Company Crouch End Feistival Chorus. Performer Graeme Danby (Elijah). Conductor David Temple.
24 Oct 04	Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L871821165
T0162276649 (FAIRFIELD03) Company Croydon Philharmonic Choir. Company New London Sinfonia. Conductor David Gibson. Performer Richard Morriss (bass baritone). Performer Sarah-Jane Davies (soprano).
15 Nov 03	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L1718907374
T01450182636 (INVER02) Company Inverness Choral Society. Performer Lesley Craigie (soprano). Performer Audrey Murphy (mezzo soprano). Performer Alan Oke (tenor). Performer Richard Burkhard (bass).
23 Nov 02	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness :: V626 listing details L996376383
T937373992 (FAIR02) Bromley Summer Festival Choir, Orchestra and Soloists, Bromley Youth Music Trust Children's Choir and The Lambeth Orchestra perform Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio based on the Old Testament Hebrew prophet, Elijah.Conductor Christopher Fifield.
13 Jul 02	Fairfield Hall, Outer London :: V295 listing details L0886883037
T724002858 (READCON02) Company South Chiltern Choral Society. Company Parenthesis. Company The Bristol Phoenix Choir. Director Leslie Burnt. Conductor Gwyn Arch.
23 Mar 02	Concert Hall, Reading :: V1710125320 listing details L01731566739
T01215123062 (HAFREN01) Conductor Gwyn L Williams. Performer Una Barry (soprano). Performer Jeanette Ager (mezzo soprano). Performer Martin Hindmarsh (tenor). Performer Glenville Hargreaves (baritone).
28 Apr 01	Hafren (formerly Theatre Hafren), Newtown :: V852 listing details L0474804659
T1655382201 (RFH00) Sung in EnglishCompany Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer Barbara Bonney (soprano). Performer Katharina Kammerloher (mezzo-soprano). Performer Simon Keenlyside (baritone). Company Philharmonia Chorus.
28 Oct 00	Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L01455681896
Other listings
27 Jan 97 to 1 Feb 97	The Arts, Belfast :: V551 listing details L01709721837

Details

Concert :: Elijah contains some of Mendelssohn's most well known and beautiful music. Drawn from the account of Elijah in the book of Kings, Elijah pronounces God's curse that there shall be no rain for three years. Elijah calls upon God to restore a widow's son to life. He then calls upon God to send rain and tells the priests of Baal to make a sacrifice to see whose God is Lord. He faces the opposition of Queen Jezebel, as he realises that the mountains and hills will eventually disappear, God's kindness will remain. He is taken up to heaven by fiery horses in a fiery chariot. The Tenor sings that the righteous shall shine forth and the chorus of people add a final hymn of praise to bring the oratorio to a joyful conclusion.

Music

Mendelssohn