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De La Warr Pavilion
Marina
Bexhill-on-Sea
East Sussex
TN40 1DP
England
Tickets
Prices: £22, £19, £17 (Friends of Bexhill Choral), £7 students and under 16s (plus £1 fee for online bookings)
Booking line: 01424 229111
Book Tickets
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – Elijah, Op.70
Performers
Kenneth Roberts – Conductor
Kristy Swift – soprano
Louisa Hunter-Bradley – mezzo-soprano
Kristian Thorkildsen – tenor
Peter Grevatt – Bass
Bexhill Choral Society
Sussex Concert Orchestra
Programme Note
Mendelssohn's Elijah!
Felix Mendelssohn’s famous and breath-taking oratorio brings to life the dramatic biblical story of the prophet Elijah. Written for the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival and hailed as a triumph, this masterpiece remains as popular today – in fact it served as the concluding concert of last year’s Edinburgh Festival at the Usher Hall.
The score combines Baroque grandeur with gorgeous Romantic orchestration, and is packed with thrilling choruses, lyrical solos and dramatic orchestral passages, building to a fiery climax with Elijah’s ascent to heaven in a flaming chariot.
Bexhill Choral Society will be accompanied by the Sussex Concert Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Roberts and the soloists will be Peter Grevatt (baritone), Kristian Thorkildsen (tenor), Louisa Hunter-Bradley (mezzo-soprano) and Kristy Swift (soprano).
