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Mendelssohn's Elijah

Name: Mendelssohn's Elijah
Start: 2024-12-01T18:00:00
Location: The Sheldonian Theatre

Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra

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Premiered in Birmingham, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practicing Lutheran from a famously Jewish family, Elijah is the consummate work of bridge-building, understanding and reconciliation. ‘I was able to sway at will the enormous mass of orchestra, choir and organ’ wrote Mendelssohn from the West Midlands back to Leipzig as he reported on preparations for the oratorio examining the Old Testament figure of Elijah, a ground...

Program

Mendelssohn - Elijah

Participants

Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha

Soprano

Adam Gilbert

Tenor

Marios Papadopoulos

Conductor

Angharad Lyddon

Mezzo-soprano

Sir Bryn Terfel