Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847)
Elijah op. 70 MWV A 25
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Details
- For
- 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
- Product Type
- Set of parts
- Author / Composer
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- Editor
- R. Larry Todd
- Product number
- 769482
- Release Year
- 2001
Description
Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Oficleide, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org
Elijah is regarded as a milestone in Mendelssohn’s compositional output and as a high point in the oratorio literature of the 19th century. Mendelssohn composed his second great oratorio just a year before his premature death.
This excitingly dramatic work also expresses a fervent belief in God, a belief which in the 19th century was no longer self-evident. Mendelssohn transp...