Name: Pygmalion Pichon Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias
Start: 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wiener Konzerthaus

Organization

Conductor

Raphaël Pichon

Singer

Soprano

Siobhan Stagg

The Widow

Julie Roset

Contralto

Ema Nikolovska

An Angel

Tenor

Thomas Atkins

Obadjah

Bass-baritone

Stéphane Degout

Elijah

Others

Ensemble Pygmalion

Wiener Konzerthaus

Choeur Pygmalion

Pygmalion / Pichon Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias

Vienna

Austria

Großer Saal

Pygmalion / Pichon Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias: Elias Mendelssohn

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

“Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.”
400 musicians - choir and orchestra combined - performed the acclaimed premiere of Mendelssohn's second oratorio in Birmingham. "The last note of 'Elias' was drowned in a unison of never-ending volleys of applause," wrote a critic from the Times. “It was as if the long-pent-up enthusiasm had finally burst out and filled the air with wild screams of excitement.” Eight numbers had to be repeated. The two main reasons for Mendelssohn's landslide victory were, on the one hand, the gripping, dramatic structure of the work in general and the choruses in particular, set in the best Handelian style. When Raphaël Pichon leads the choir and orchestra of his original sound ensemble Pygmalion through Mendelssohn's effective score, you can be sure of its overwhelming effect.

English

»Wer bis an das Ende beharrt, der wird selig.«
400 Musiker:innen – Chor und Orchester zusammengenommen – bestritten die umjubelte Uraufführung von Mendelssohns zweitem Oratorium in Birmingham. »Die letzte Note des ›Elias‹ ging unter in einem Unisono von nicht enden wollenden Applaussalven«, schrieb ein Kritiker der »Times«. »Es war, als hätte der lang gestaute Enthusiasmus sich endlich Bahn gebrochen und die Luft mit wilden Schreien der Begeisterung erfüllt.« Acht Nummern mussten wiederholt werden. Die zwei Hauptgründe für diesen Erdrutschsieg Mendelssohns waren einerseits die packende dramatische Anlage des Werks im Allgemeinen und die in bester Händel'scher Manier gesetzten Chöre im Besonderen. Wenn nun Raphaël Pichon Chor und Orchester seines Originalklangensembles Pygmalion durch Mendelssohns effektvolle Partitur leitet, darf man sich ihrer überwältigenden Wirkung sicher sein.

Deutsch

Pygmalion / Pichon Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias by Mendelssohn, Mon 11 Dec 2023, From (2023/2023), Conductor Raphaël Pichon, Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna, Austria

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Programme, About & Synopsis

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