FULL Elias (Mendelssohn) Lübeck 2023 Christina Landshamer, Sasha Cooke, Andrew Staples, Michael Volle
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Elijah aka Elias
- Composer: Mendelssohn Felix
- Libretto: based on Bible texts
- Venue & Opera Company: Musik- und Kongresshalle, Konzertsaal, Lübeck , Germany
- Recorded: July 2, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Christina Landshamer, Sasha Cooke, Andrew Staples, Michael Volle, Florian Markus
- Conductor: Alan Gilbert
- Orchestra: NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester
- Chorus: NDR Vokalensemble, WDR Rundfunkchor
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: 3sat
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: 3sat FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Elijah (German: Elias), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings of the Old Testament. It premiered on 26 August 1846.
This piece was composed in the spirit of Mendelssohn’s Baroque predecessors Bach and Handel, whose music he greatly admired. In 1829 Mendelssohn had organized the first performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion since the composer’s death and was instrumental in bringing this and other Bach works to widespread popularity. By contrast, Handel’s oratorios never went out of fashion in England. Mendelssohn prepared a scholarly edition of some of Handel’s oratorios for publication in London. Elijah is modelled on the oratorios of these two Baroque masters; however, in its lyricism and use of orchestral and choral colour the style clearly reflects Mendelssohn’s own genius as an early Romantic composer.
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