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Prom 19: Mendelssohn鈥檚 Elijah

蜜芽传媒 Proms 2023

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, alongside soloists including Roderick Williams and Carolyn Sampson, perform Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio Elijah.

Live at the 蜜芽传媒 Proms: Mendelssohn's dramatic oratorio performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra alongside soloists including Roderick Williams and Carolyn Sampson.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Part 1

c. 7.30: Interval: Dr Deborah Rooke, Lecturer in Old Testament Hermeneutics at Oxford, joins Petroc Trelawny in the Radio 3 box to discuss the theological significance of the story of Elijah.

c. 7.50: Elijah, Part 2

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra presents one of the most popular works in the British choral repertoire: Mendelssohn鈥檚 Elijah. Full of earthquakes and hurricanes, fiery chariots, wicked queens and holy visions, this intensely dramatic oratorio is brought to life by the SCO鈥檚 exciting young music director Maxim Emelyanychev.

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 29 Jul 2023 18:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah Op.70

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Andrew Staples. Performer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Choir: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony of Psalms (Alleluia. Laudate Dominum)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Symphonic Psalms & Prayers.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah Op.70 Part 2

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Andrew Staples. Performer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Choir: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk Suite

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No 7 in B flat major, Op 83

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang - Live in Vienna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Sat 29 Jul 2023 18:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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