On November 3rd, 2024, a musical event at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco will echo through the annals of American history. The Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus will present the world ...

Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah" is a monumental work. It is not as long in performance as George Frideric Handel's "Messiah" or Johann Sebastian Bach's "Saint Matthew Passion," but it can seem ...

"Elijah" is in the air, and not just because God has taken the prophet up to heaven in a whirlwind. Two performances of Mendel ssohn's oratorio and an adult-education course on the prophet himself are ...

Elijah is part soothsayer, part go-between and part doubtful man. The Lord is equally ambiguous, capable of sweet mercy and terrible fury, hiding in a celestial kingdom and in rocks and trees. The ...

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PORTLAND, Maine – In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth, Portland’s Choral Art Society will present Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah in its full splendor on Tuesday, March ...

Second in popularity only to Handel's "Messiah,""Elijah" was completed in the year before Mendelssohn died, 1846, for the Birmingham Festival in England. It depicts events in the life of the Biblical ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. MEMBERS OF THE ORATORIO CHORALE pose during a dress rehearsal of “Elijah.” ...

The Williamsburg Choral Guild cleverly decided to celebrate its 40th season of fine choral singing by programming works that the community most wants to hear. The top three results of its audience ...

A popular oratorio from the early days of the 22-year-old Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival at Eastern Mennonite University this summer. The 2014 festival, held June 8-15, will feature Felix Mendelssohn ...