Pygmalion / Pichon Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Elias by Mendelssohn, pon 11 gru 2023, od (2023/2023), Dyrygent Raphaël Pichon, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wiedeń, Austria

“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.