Prom 58: Mendelssohn 鈥� Elijah

28 Aug 2011, Royal Albert Hall

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Proms 2011 Prom 58: Mendelssohn 鈥� Elijah

19:00 Sun 28 Aug 2011 Royal Albert Hall

Paul McCreesh directs a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a sensational line-up of soloists in Mendelssohn鈥檚 magnum opus.

Programme

- - Felix Mendelssohn
  - Elijah(128 mins)(sung in English)

Performers

Rosemary Joshua
soprano
soprano
Sarah Connolly
mezzo-soprano
mezzo-soprano
Jonty Ward
treble
treble
Robert Murray
tenor
tenor
Simon Keenlyside
baritone
baritone
Taplow Youth Choir
Ulster Youth Choir
Chetham's Chamber Choir
North East Youth Chorale
Wroc艂aw Philharmonic Choir
Gabrieli Consort & Players
Paul McCreesh
conductor
conductor
Susan Gilmour Bailey
soprano
soprano
Emily Rowley Jones
soprano
soprano
Lucy Ballard
alto
alto
Ruth Gibbins
alto
alto
Samuel Boden
tenor
tenor
Richard Rowntree
tenor
tenor
Robert Davies
bass
bass
William Gaunt
bass
bass

Composers

Felix Mendelssohn

About this event

Mendelssohn's ever-popular Old Testament oratorio remains ripe for reassessment. We can be sure that Paul McCreesh will have re examined the work in what will be the culmination of a large-scale project like the one that led up to his revelatory 2009 Proms performance of Haydn's The Creation.

Out go certain old-fashioned conventions; in come period instruments, a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a sensational line-up of soloists.

There will be one interval