Mendelssohn - Elijah at All Saints Church, London on Saturday 16th March 2024

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Mendelssohn - Elijah

Add to my Calendar 16-03-2024 19:30 16-03-2024 21:30 36 Mendelssohn - Elijah Elijah returns to Kingston  Kingston Choral Society looks forward to bringing Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah to the royal borough this spring. Propelled by a highly dramatic narrative and some of the loveliest melodies ever written, Elijah is an evergreen favourite with singers and audiences alike.   Mendelssohn said he "imagined Elijah as a real prophet through and through, of the kind we could really do with today: strong, zealous and, yes, even bad-tempered … and yet borne aloft as if on angel's wings.”  His oratorio Elijah depicts the thrilling story of one devout man’s stand against tyranny, his deliverance of his desperate but fickle people from drought and the conflicts that both overwhelm and ultimately vindicate him as he is “borne on a whirlwind to heaven”.   From its first performance in the 1840s audiences and critics have found Elijah’s blend of wonderful choruses, beautiful arias, and strong dramatic thrust deeply satisfying.   So be sure to note 7.30pm on Saturday 16 March at All Saints Church, Kingston, in your diaries. The performance features a distinguished quartet of soloists, headed by bass Felix Gygli, the most recent winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, alongside soprano Anita Watson, alto Catherine Carby and tenor Tom Elwin The Thames Sinfonia orchestra will accompany the choir, and KCS Musical Director, Andrew Griffiths, will conduct.   Kingston Choral Society is grateful for the financial support of the Humphrey Taylor Richardson Charitable Trust.  All Saints Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

All Saints Church
Kingston Market Place
Kingston upon Thames
London
KT1 1JP
England

Saturday 16th March 2024
7:30 PM

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah, Op.70

Performers

Andrew Griffiths – Conductor
Anita Watson – soprano
Thomas Elwin – tenor
Felix Gygli – Bass
Catherine Hopper – Alto

Thames Sinfonia
Kingston Choral Society

Programme Note

Elijah returns to Kingston

Kingston Choral Society looks forward to bringing Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah to the royal borough this spring. Propelled by a highly dramatic narrative and some of the loveliest melodies ever written, Elijah is an evergreen favourite with singers and audiences alike.

Mendelssohn said he "imagined Elijah as a real prophet through and through, of the kind we could really do with today: strong, zealous and, yes, even bad-tempered … and yet borne aloft as if on angel's wings.” His oratorio Elijah depicts the thrilling story of one devout man’s stand against tyranny, his deliverance of his desperate but fickle people from drought and the conflicts that both overwhelm and ultimately vindicate him as he is “borne on a whirlwind to heaven”.

From its first performance in the 1840s audiences and critics have found Elijah’s blend of wonderful choruses, beautiful arias, and strong dramatic thrust deeply satisfying.

So be sure to note 7.30pm on Saturday 16 March at All Saints Church, Kingston, in your diaries. The performance features a distinguished quartet of soloists, headed by bass Felix Gygli, the most recent winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards, alongside soprano Anita Watson, alto Catherine Carby and tenor Tom Elwin

The Thames Sinfonia orchestra will accompany the choir, and KCS Musical Director, Andrew Griffiths, will conduct.

Kingston Choral Society is grateful for the financial support of the Humphrey Taylor Richardson Charitable Trust.

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