Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70 - McGill Symphony Orchestra

Elijah, Op. 70 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)

Jean-Sébastien Vallée, chef/conductor
McGill Symphony Orchestra - Alexis Hauser, directeur artistique / artistic director
Schulich Singers - Jean-Sébastien Vallée, directeur artistique / artistic director
McGill Concert Choir - Jean-Sébastien Vallée, directeur artistique / artistic director
University Chorus - Jean-Sébastien Vallée, directeur artistique / artistic director

Recorded on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Église Sainte-Jean-Baptiste, Montreal.

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[scottbyron]

174 years old and still underrated! Thank you!

[vincentcerasoli]

We did Elijah when I was in undergrad. It took us 9 months of rehearsals. It was agony. And I loved it.

[matteopascazio]

Excellent performance, high-quality singing and playing. Mendelssohn is my favorite, his music is lovely.

[carinamoses]

The way Mendelssohn uses the violin to add shading and accent is incredible. His string instrumentation is consistently glorious. Thank you so much for sharing.

[finolahepworth]

Dramatic, Moving Beautiful. Thank you everyone especially All Praise to God.

[carinamoses]

Wow, there's such beautiful dexterity, diversity, and density of tone as well as instrumentation. The musicians play so skillfully and the composition is heavenly and sublime.

[carinamoses]

Really beautiful and exceptional, and incredibly grand music: thank you for sharing. The Prophet Elijah is rightly honored. A grand music to represent a grand Prophet!

[davidmorrison]

Thank you for this thoughtful performance. This is my favorite oratorio. I was privileged to sing the Elijah role many years ago with choir and orchestra with a college and community choir and orchestra. At the time, I was studying with Dr. Marion Hall at Drake University.

[nassauleaf]

So many memories from college choir..beautiful story of Elijah!

[warren]

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, MY COLLEGE CHOIR SANG THIS WONDERFUL MUSIC.

[ClarenceMaloney]

A blissful evening listening to this and moving with it body and mind. Thanks, McGill. I sang in it in in Kodaikanal, a mountain town in South India where in Season we had many missionaries and other foreigners who could sing- foreigners. And we did Mendelssohn's St Paul too, which I later conducted with a group of foreigners working in Bangladesh-- if you can believe it!

[Stecer]

1:53:40 Then shall the Righteous Shine memory of Gordon Bell, Barrow in Furness Salvation Army.

[Noe-qrmn]

One of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music ever written. THANK YOU!

[Guuuuuuuuuuuuuuraping]

No.8 22:40

Thank you for sharing good music!

[tcharles]

A beautiful performance of a work that I love - and know so well - thank you for posting! 🇺🇦 (sorry that I'm over three years late in posting this comment!)

[horizon_gundamzgmf--x]

This is so nice, respect to Mendelssohn for composing this and to the people who performed it

[mrbrianmccarthy]

Usually I think Mendelssohn's music is played too fast---but here, speed helps. I advise everyone to listen to this piece at 1.25 speed. Sounds better. OOtherwise it drags---especially that intro. Tempo is everything, folks.

[AntonioFormaro]

Mendelsssohn GENIUS !! Supreme performance❤

[PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

Amazinh Performances .Many thanks for to share this !!!!

[johnswartz]

My voice teacher always said you have to sing this part with great emotion. This is almost damn opera kid