BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'

Download the Adobe Flash player to view this content

Photo of Thierry Fisher by Lephoto

Select picture below to watch the performance - (The concert will be available online for 7 days following broadcast).

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part l - Section 1
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part 1 - Section 1:

Introduction: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah) – Overture
Help, Lord! (chorus)
Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer! (chorus, soprano, alto)
Ye people, rend your hearts (Obadiah)
If with all your hearts (Obadiah)
Yet doth the Lord see it not (chorus)

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part l - Section ll
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part 1 - Section ll:

Elijah! get thee hence (Angel I)
Now Cherith’s brook is dried up (Angel I)
What have I to do with thee? (Widow, Elijah)
Blessed are the men who fear him (chorus)
As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, chorus)
Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! (chorus)
Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, chorus)
Call him louder! he heareth not! (Elijah, chorus)

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part l - Section lll
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part 1 - Section lll:

Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (Elijah)
Cast thy burden upon the Lord (quartet)
O thou, who makest thine angels spirits (Elijah, chorus)
Is not his word like a fire? (Elijah)
Woe unto them who forsake him! (alto)
O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, chorus, Youth)
Thanks be to God (chorus)

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part ll - Section l
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part ll - Section lV

Hear ye, Israel (soprano)
Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (chorus)
The Lord hath exalted thee (Elijah, Queen, chorus)
Woe to him, he shall perish (chorus)
Man of God, now let my words be precious (Obadiah, Elijah)
It is enough; Lord take my life (Elijah)
See, now he sleepeth (tenor)

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part ll - Section ll
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part ll - Section V

Lift thine eyes, lift thine eyes (chorus)
He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (chorus)
Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey (Angel I, Elijah)
O rest in the Lord (Angel I)
He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (chorus)
Night falleth round me, Lord! (Elijah, Angel II)
Behold! God the Lord passeth by! (chorus)
Above him stood the Seraphim (alto)
Holy, holy, holy (chorus)
I go on my way (Elijah)
For the mountains shall depart (Elijah)

Mendelssohn's Elijah Part ll - Final Section
Watch the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Thierry Fischer play Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Part ll - Final Section

Then did Elijah the prophet break forth (chorus)
Then shall the righteous shine forth (tenor)
Behold, God hath sent Elijah (soprano)
And then shall your light break forth (chorus)
O come everyone that thirsteth (quartet)
And then shall your light break forth (chorus)

MENDELSSOHN Elijah

Thierry Fischer conductor
James Lloyd-Smith treble
Anna Leese soprano
Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo soprano
Andrew Kennedy tenor
Neal Davies bass
Cardiff Ardwyn Singers
BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Return to the National Orchestra of Wales home page

LINKS

BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Elijah

'Elijah' at Wikipedia

Programme note on 'Elijah'

	BBC Homepage Wales home › BBC National Orchestra of Wales
What's on News Orchestra Chorus Conductors Education Interact Cymraeg BBC Performing Groups BBC Radio 3

	Contact Us Like this page? Send it to a friend!