Mendelssohn Elijah (128 mins) (sung in English) Rosemary Joshua soprano Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano Robert Murray tenor Simon Keenlyside baritone Taplow Youth Choir Ulster Youth Chamber Choir Chetham's Chamber Choir North East Youth Chorale Wrocław Philharmonic Choir Gabrieli Consort & Players Paul McCreesh conductor About this event Mendelssohn's ever-popular Old Testament oratorio remains ripe for reassessment. We can be sure that Paul McCreesh will have re examined the work in what will be the culmination of a large-scale project like the one that led up to his revelatory 2009 Proms performance of Haydn's The Creation. Out go certain old-fashioned conventions; in come period instruments, a raft of enthusiastic choirs and a sensational line-up of soloists. There will be one interval