Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge forces marshalled for the occasion delighted the audience, who demanded no fewer than eight encores and loudly acclaimed the composer despite an injunction to observe the solemnity of the occasion by refraining from ap…

The Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) has been highly regarded in Britain from the time of his first visit in 1829. The highlight of his career came in 1846 when he was commissioned to write the oratorio Elijah for the Birmingham Festival. It remained hugely popular for over eight decades being performed at the Proms every year until 1930. It draws heavily on influences f…

(Large Print Version)-Mendelssohn’s Elijah is an oratorio for SATB soli SATB chorus Orchestra and Organ with the text derived from the Lutheran Bible by Julius Schubring. The English version of the text was translated by William Bartholemew.This New Novello Choral Edition of the vocal score contains comprehensive performance notes and detailed editorial markings and suggestions as edited…

In writing Elijah Mendelssohn paid musical tribute to his two musical heroes Bach and Handel to which he added his own lyricism and Orchestral colour blending in Elijah elements of the Baroque and his own early Romanticism. He set the scenes of the prophet Elijah’s life in the most dramatic terms. While the oratorio immediately gained enormous popularity it has not retained the same fre…

Singer´s Edition-A musical Bible story for children which is based on the Old Testament story found in I Kings 18 'God with a Capital G' is filled with colorful activities humorous lines and delightful music. A terrible drought has plagued theland and King Ahab blames Elijah for the problems. Elijah squares off with the prophets of Baal in a competition of flaming altars to prove that Jehovah …

Elijah Rock

Days of Elijah

Building on the heritage of the great arrangements of Hairston and Hogan Rollo Dilworth creates his own unique approach in this setting for treble voices. Through layering of motivic material and percussive effects in the lyrics elements of jazz blues and gospel music combine to great success in portraying Elijah's dramatic ascension into heaven.

Kyrie Eleison (From Elijah)