BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 19 - Mendelssohn’s Elijah (320kbps .mp3)

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

01. Mendelssohn - Elijah, Part 1
01a. Introduction to Mendelssohn’s Elijah
01b. BBC Proms 2023 - Prom 19 - 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.

Interval music:

Stravinsky - Symphony of Psalms (Alleluia. Laudate Dominum)
Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
SYMPHONIC PSALMS & PRAYERS. SIGNUM CLASSICS. 3.

02. Mendelssohn - 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’s Elijah. Full of earthquakes and hurricanes, fiery chariots, wicked queens and holy visions, this intensely dramatic oratorio is brought to life by the SCO’s exciting young music director Maxim Emelyanychev.


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

First broadcast: 28 July 2023

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