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	Elijah - Mendelssohn
		The introduction to be oratorio is prefaced by a brief, but impressive recitative -- Elijah’s prophecy of the drought -- leading directly to the overture, a sombre, despairing prelude, picturing the distress which is to follow as the course settles down upon the streams and valleys.
		The dramatic scene of the raising of her son ensues, comprising a passionate song by the mother ("What have I to do with thee?") and the noble declaration of the prophet ("Give me the Son"), and closing with the reflective chorus ("Blessed are the Men who fear Him").
		At the words of Elijah ("Invoke your Forest Gods and Mountain Deities") the priest of Baal break out into the stirring double chorus ("Baal, we cry to thee"), which is fairly sensual and heathenish in its rugged, abrupt melodies, as compared with the Christian music.
	www.musicwithease.com /mendelssohn-elijah.html (1351 words)

	Geometry.Net - Composers: Mendelssohn Felix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Mendelssohn toured Europe visiting a number of countries where he sketched musical fragments later to be turned into concert works, which is why a number of his works bear titles suggesting these countries.
		Mendelssohn was a complete musician - a pianist, conductor and scholar responsible for the early Bach revival, he wrote symphonies, oratorios, concertos, songs, chamber and piano music, and the memorable incidental music to a Midsummer Night's Dream.
		Mendelssohn também fez muitas viagens que influenciaram duas das suas cinco sinfonias, a Sinfonia N. 3 em lá menor, conhecida como "Scotch's Symphony", e a mais popular, a Sinfonia N. 4 em Lá maior, também conhecida como "Sinfonia Italiana", que incorpora melodias e danças que Mendelssohn ouviu quando viajou pela Itália.
	www.889.com /composers/mendelssohn_felix_page_no_2.php (1878 words)

	Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia - Program Notes
		Mendelssohn had another view altogether and wrote, "I would fain see the dramatic element more prominent as well as more exuberant and defined....(T)he dramatic element should predominate." Mendelssohn repeatedly asked for specific scenes and texts to be set and ultimately the libretto was constructed.
		Mendelssohn in fact planned to omit the overture altogether since it interfered with the developing story line, but was later persuaded by Bartholomew to add one, placing it, however, after Elijah's introduction.
		An angel sends Elijah to the widow of Zarephath ("Elijah, get thee hence.") Elijah's duet with the widow ("What have I to do with thee") provides the first great dramatic moment, when Elijah prays to the Lord three times that her son might be restored to life.
	www.mcchorus.org /prognt02.htm (1852 words)

	BaylyBlog: Out of our minds, too: Elijah & Mendelssohn
		I was struck this time through by Mendelssohn giving the prophets of Baal the most dramatic point in the oratorio musically.
		I suspect Mendelssohn was influenced by Elijah meeting God not in the wind, earthquake or fire, but in the low whisper of chapter 19.
		One false note intrudes: in the libretto, Elijah cries at the outset of part 16, "Thou, whose ministers are flaming fires: let them now descend!" This is the climactic moment, and at this point drama intrudes for one line in the libretto.
	timbayly.worldmagblog.com /timbayly/archives/026614.html (388 words)

	ArtsBlog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Mendelssohn est né dans une famille extrêmement cultivé et qui avait les moyens de faire éclore le talent du jeune Felix, talent, arrivé à une maturité créative beaucoup plus précocement que beaucoup d'autres compositeurs devenus importants par la suite.
		Mendelssohn était particulièrement doué pour le dessin et la peinture.
		Mendelssohn se lança dans une grande tournée en Europe qui allait durer trois ans, suscitant partout l'admiration.
	jeanpierre.celeonet.fr /dotclear/index.php? (6178 words)

	Divine Art 27802 - Elijah - Mendelssohn
		From Elijah’s scene with Ahab, when he challenges the priests of Baal, one knows one is in the presence of a powerful figure: actually two: Elijah and Williams.
		Elijah was one of the great warhorses of the amateur choral movement during the previous two centuries, and Columbia’s decision to make a more or less complete recording in 1930 reflected the combination of commercial acumen and artistic good sense that marked out this company from its rivals.
		The set was issued on 15 ten-inch discs, so that purchasers could opt for their own individual selections from the great work; and, as the excellent notes accompanying this reissue observe, it remained in the catalogue until 1948, a remarkably long time for a recording from the early days of the electrical era.
	www.pristineaudiodirect.com /LargeWorks/Vocal/DA27802.php (1131 words)

	Mendelssohn's Elijah - London Orpheus Choir @ Cadogan Hall, London : concert review
		The scene where Elijah taunted the priests of Baal (and killed them afterwards) was very convincing, and probably the highlight of the evening.
		The furious choir screaming for Baal to answer them, and the calm Elijah who did not worry at all, left a very powerful impression on the audience indeed.
		He did bring out the contrasts between the Obadiah who told Elijah to flee ('Man of God, now let my words be precious') and the man who pointed out the depressed Elijah ('See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree').
	www.musicomh.com /classical/elijah_0506.htm (777 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Mendelssohn - Elijah: Music: Felix Mendelssohn,Paul Daniel,Edinburgh Festival Chorus,Orchestra of the Age ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Amazon.co.uk: Mendelssohn - Elijah: Music: Felix Mendelssohn,Paul Daniel,Edinburgh Festival Chorus,Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment,Bryn Terfel,Renée Fleming,Patricia Bardon,Sara Fulgoni,Libby Crabtree,John Mark Ainsley
		~ Felix Mendelssohn (Composer), Paul Daniel (Conductor), Edinburgh Festival Chorus (Orchestra), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Orchestra), Bryn Terfel (Performer), et al.
		I have sung in "Elijah" many many times, and of all the recordings I've heard, this is superb, an arrangement that gave me "goosebumps"!
	www.amazon.co.uk /Mendelssohn-Elijah-Felix/dp/B0000042HI (771 words)

	The Oratorio Society of Utah - A Celebrated Choral Organization
		From its first performance in 1915, Maestro Squire Coop conducting, the Oratorio Society of Utah has presented over eighty-nine renditions of Handel's Messiah, four renditions of Beethoven's Christ on the Mount of Olives, nince of Mendelssohn's Elijah, and twelve of Heydn's The Creation, and countless other great works.
		In September of 1985, Elijah was presented in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and in June 1987 this work was performed in Kibbutz Ein Hashofet and Jerusalem, Israel, all under the baton of Uri Mayer.
		The Oratorio Society has a history of broadcasts, including three national radio and three international short-wave presentations of Messiah, a television broadcast in 1976 at the 50th anniversary performance, and a telecast of the Hallelujah Chorus on NBC's "Wide World" program.
	www.oratoriosocietyofutah.org /index.php?pg=history (388 words)

	Amazon.com: Mendelssohn: Elijah: Music: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Felix Mendelssohn,Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos,New ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-26)
		Amazon.com: Mendelssohn: Elijah: Music: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,Felix Mendelssohn,Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos,New Philharmonia Orchestra,Gwyneth Jones,Simon Woolf,Nicolai Gedda
		Mendelssohn - Elijah / Terfel, Fleming, Bardon, Ainsley, Fulgoni, Paul Daniel ~ Bryn Terfel
		Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures ~ Felix Mendelssohn
	www.amazon.com /Mendelssohn-Elijah-Dietrich-Fischer-Dieskau/dp/B0002XV31A (426 words)

	CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Definition of ORATORIO
		The first oratorio was Cavalieri's La rappresentazione di anima e di corpo (The Representation of Soul and Body), a morality set to music and perf.
		Later oratorios, in concert-form, were written by Carissimi, A. Scarlatti, Schütz, Handel (esp. Messiah, the most popular of all oratorios), Haydn, Spohr, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn (Elijah).
		Elgar wrote 3 oratorios (but The Dream of Gerontius is not an oratorio).The term is also applied to works similar to these cited above but on a non-religious subject, e.g.
	www.classicalarchives.com /dict/oratorio.html (211 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah - Vocal Score, Complete
		Sheet Music Plus - Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah - Vocal Score, Complete
		"Elijah is an oratorio for orchestra, SATB and double SATB quartet solos, SATB choir and organ.
		We are practising it at the moment for a concert (it is very nice)...
	www.sheetmusicplus.com /store/smp_detail.html?cart=5071325192&type=rec&item=3161834 (148 words)

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