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ComposerMendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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KasselElijah

© Collage - Imina Geilmann
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Ainārs Rubiķis; Timofei Kuljabin; Staatstheater Kassel; Oleg Golovko; Vlada Pomirkovanaya; Oskars Pauliņš; Orchester des Staatstheaters Kassel

ViennaVienna Symphony Orchestra

Musikverein Wien
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien; Nikola Hillebrand; Catriona Morison; Benjamin Bruns

ParisFelix Mendelssohn: Elijah

© Denis Allard
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Orchestre de Paris; Daniel Harding; Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris; Liv Redpath; Svetlina Stoyanova; Andrew Staples
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A dramatic, declamatory Elijah closes the 2025 Edinburgh Festival

Christopher Maltman © Andrew Perry
The festival’s closing concert brings drama from the RSNO and conductor Thomas Søndergård, but Christopher Maltman's Elijah brings the presence of greatness. 
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The power of words: Mendelssohn’s Elijah closes the Three Choirs

Matthew Brook © Laura Bremer
The closing concert of this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Hereford delivers a dramatic account of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, showcasing the power of bass-baritone Matthew Brook.
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An outstanding Elijah from SCO and Maxim Emelyanychev

Maxim Emelyanychev with the SCO, Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams at BBC Proms 2023 © Chris Christodoulou

An outstanding Elijah from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with Maxim Emelyanychev, headed up by Roderick Williams, with Carolyn Sampson, Rowan Pierce, Anna Stéphany and Thomas Walker.

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Bachtrack top ten: Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn, aquarelle by James Warren Childe (1830) © Public domain
Child prodigy, keen traveller, champion of Bach – Felix Mendelssohn packed a lot of music into his short life, music that teems with freshness and vigour.