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The Chamber Singers of Iowa City, with orchestra and soloists, are delighted to present Felix Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio "Elijah" at 3 p.m. on Mother's Day, May 12. We will breathe life into ...
Sir Thomas Allen joins Frances Fyfield to explore the handwritten piano score of Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Oratorio commissioned for, and first performed in Birmingham. Show more Frances ...
Harriet Smith compares and recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 ...
South Yorkshire concert-goers can judge for themselves when Sheffield Oratorio Chorus brings Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ to ...
The story of the Old Testament prophet is one of the most dramatic and colourful in the entire Bible, and is matched by Mendelssohn’s masterpiece which is widely regarded as his finest achievement.
Director Jenny Lowe said it is an oratorio, similar to Handel's Messiah or Mendelssohn's Elijah. Performances will be at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets - available at cart.midlandcenter.org - are ...
Mendelssohn was now working at a furious pace – conducting, teaching, composing, giving concerts – and his health began to suffer. Pains in the head and abnormal fatigue kept recurring. He was in ...