Dartington Community Choir presents Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Sunday 16 May
7.30pm Great Hall, Dartington Hall

Conductor Jonathan Watts

“This is where it all started”

Inspired by the dramatic expression of the Christian message in J.S. Bach's large choral works, Felix Mendelssohn wrote Elijah, re-telling the epic Old Testament story of the eponymous prophet. The composer conducted its first performance at Birmingham’s Town Hall in 1846 and its immediate success in this country heralded the birth of the amateur choral society, a particularly British phenomenon. Within decades towns and cities across the country had a chorus of singers keen both to perform large scale choral works and also commission new works that have contributed greatly to the musical landscape of the U.K.

The Choir's performance of Elijah (sung in English) is supported by four soloists and a thirty-six piece orchestra.

Tickets £17.00, Concessions £16.00, Students & U16s £5.00

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