Elīna ŠIMKUS – soprano
Ieva PARŠA – mezzo-soprano
Andreas SCHAGER
Egils SILIŅŠ – bass-baritone
State Academic Choir “Latvija”
Conductor Olari ELTS
Programme:
Felix MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Oratorio Elijah
An expression of true piety, or sentimental kitsch? An oratorio, or very nearly an opera? Inspired by Bach and Handel, Mendelssohn wrote for the Birmingham Festival a large-scale work for voices and orchestra that became the crowning achievement of his creative life. The false prophets are destroyed and Elijah rides up to heaven in a chariot of fire. The glory of the Lord is proclaimed in music by the work of human hands.