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SUMMARY:Crouch End Festival Chorus - 40th Anniversary Concert - Mendel
 ssohn ELIJAH
DESCRIPTION:For its 40th anniversary concert, Crouch End Festival Chor
 us will sing Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah, one of the most enduring
 ly popular choral works. First performed at Birmingham Town Hall in 18
 46 in front of an audience of 2,000 and conducted by the composer, it 
 immediately attracted great critical acclaim.\nIts dramatic narrative 
 has the prophet Elijah raging against the false prophets of Baal, who 
 have incurred the anger of God and brought about a drought. After Elij
 ah wins the standoff against the false prophets, he exalts God to brin
 g back rain to the ‘thirsty land’. Persecuted by a furious Queen J
 ezebel, Elijah takes refuge in the wilderness, where he is consoled fi
 rst by angels and then – after a violent storm, an earthquake and a 
 fire – by God himself. Finally, he wins the day and ascends to heave
 n in his chariot of fire.\nMendelssohn loved the choral music of Bach 
 and Handel and his oratorio reflects their influence. In this performa
 nce, the role of Elijah will be sung by James Platt with his beautiful
 ly sonorous ‘barrel-chest of a bass voice’ (The Times). The chorus
 es are full of contrasting emotions, vivid storytelling and extreme dy
 namism, playing to the strengths of Crouch End Festival Chorus and its
  conductor David Temple.\nIn the 40 years since it gave its first conc
 ert, Crouch End Festival Chorus, under the leadership of its co-founde
 r David Temple MBE, has grown to be one of the world’s leading and m
 ost versatile symphonic choirs. With over 140 singers on its books, CE
 FC stages its own promotions in the UK’s leading concert venues. Its
  repertoire extends from the Renaissance through more traditional chor
 al music to works by leading contemporary composers including John Ada
 ms, Hans Zimmer and Philip Glass. CEFC regularly commissions new chora
 l music and champions under-represented composers in its concerts.\nIn
  July, CEFC made its eighteenth appearance at the BBC Proms in a criti
 cally-acclaimed performance Verdi’s Requiem with the BBC National Or
 chestra and Chorus of Wales, and Ryan Bancroft.\nCEFC is also in great
  demand for live promotions and recordings, and has recently released 
 a critically-acclaimed recording of Parry’s Prometheus Unbound and a
  celebration of the choral music of the Mendelssohn siblings, Felix an
 d Fanny, both on the Chandos label. The choir also recorded Elgar’s 
 great oratorio The Kingdom this year with soloists Francesca Chiejina,
  Dame Sarah Connolly, Benjamin Hulett and Ashley Riches, and the Londo
 n Mozart Players, conducted by David Temple, to be released by Signum 
 Records. Earlier this year, CEFC joined Sir Karl Jenkins and the Philh
 armonia Orchestra for his 80th birthday concert at London’s Royal Al
 bert Hall and, in July, Andrea Bocelli and the Royal Philharmonic Orch
 estra at BST Hyde Park.\n\nFor more information visit https://harringa
 yonline.com/events/crouch-end-festival-chorus-40th-anniversary-concert
 -mendelssohn
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241026T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241026T200000
CATEGORIES:music, choir, choral, classical
LOCATION:Alexandra Palace Theatre
WEBSITE:https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/crouch-end-festival-c
 horus-elijah/#tickets
URL:https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/crouch-end-festival-choru
 s-elijah/#tickets
CONTACT:020 8365 4343
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