Kurt Masur conductor
Elijah: Alastair Miles bass
The Widow: Melanie Diener soprano
An Angel: Renata Pokupic mezzo-soprano
The Queen (Jezebel): Sarah Castle mezzo-soprano
Obadiah: Topi Lehtipuu tenor
Ahab: Tyler Clarke tenor
The Child: Freddie Benedict treble
Sarah-Jane Brandon soprano
James Oldfield bass-baritone
Jimmy Holliday bass
London Philharmonic Choir

Mendelssohn Elijah

Premièred in Birmingham, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practising Lutheran from a famously Jewish family; if any work can prove victorious over the entrenched boundaries that have long criss-crossed the European consciousness, it’s Mendelssohn’s towering dramatic oratorio Elijah. ‘I was able to sway at will the enormous mass of orchestra, choir and organ’, effused Mendelssohn in the letter that winged its way from the West Midlands back to Leipzig. He had created the large scale masterpiece that would crown his career, and a ground-shaking and inspiring monument to the nobility of faith. This concert is dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Elijah will be sung in German.

Please note that John Relyea has withdrawn from this performance owing to a severe throat and sinus infection. We have been extremely fortunate in finding Alastair Miles to replace him.





To hear selected movements from this concert, select a track below to open the music file. (Windows Media Player required.)
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Overture
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Hilf, Herr! Hilf, Herr!
Mendelssohn: Elijah - Duet: Herr, hore unser Gebet!


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