With the oratorio "Elijah," we continue our excellent collaboration with the Berlin Cathedral Choir and dedicate ourselves to one of Felix Mendelssohn's most important works. With this work, Mendelssohn brought oratorio music to new heights with its power, classical rigor, and romantic flavor. He spent ten years pregnant with the subject matter because he was extraordinarily fascinated and impressed by the figure of the prophet Elijah. He wrote that Elijah was a prophet "such as we could use again today, fiercely zealous, also evil, angry, and dark, in contrast to the court rabble and the common people, and in contrast to almost the entire world, yet borne as if on angel's wings."

Ansgar Theis

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Oct 18, 2025

Concert of the Berlin Cathedral Choir · Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

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Singer in Elijah by Mendelssohn

Brandenburgischen Staatsorchesters Frankfurt

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