Elijah, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, Proms
Elijah, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh, Proms
Submitted by admin on Sat, 06/08/2011 - 20:29
Date:
Sunday, 28 August, 2011 - 18:00
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