Elijah, Op.70 - Mendelssohn, Felix

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"Op. Op.70 ; MWV A 25. Composed: 1846, rev.1847. Duration: 130 minutes. Movements: 42 movements in 2 parts: ;*Part I. :Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth (12 bars) :Overture (orchestra) (77 bars) :1. Chorus (SATB): Help, Lord! (69 bars) :2. Duet (SS) with Choir (SATB): Lord! bow thine ear to our prayer! (53 bars) :3. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts (10 bars) :4. Aria (Obadiah): If with all your hearts (51 bars) :5. Chorus (SATB): Yet doth the Lord see it not (138 bars) :6. Recitative (Angel I): Elijah! get thee hence (9 bars) :7. Double quartet (Angels, SSAATTBB): For he shall give his angels (79 bars) ::Recit. (Angel I): Now Cherith's brook is dried up (16 bars) :8. Recitative, Aria, Duet (Widow, Elijah): What have I to do with thee? (143 bars) :9. Chorus (SATB): Blessed are the men who fear him (66 bars) :10. Recitative (Elijah, Ahab, SATB): As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (95 bars) :11. Chorus (SSAATTBB): Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! (140 bars) :12. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder, for he is a god! (32 bars) :13. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): Call him louder! he heareth not! (90 bars) :14. Aria with Choir (Elijah, SATB): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (38 bars) :15. Quartet (SATB): Cast thy burden upon the Lord (17 bars) :16. Recitative (Elijah, SATB): O thou, who makest thine angels spirits (73 bars) :17. Aria (Elijah): Is not his word like a fire? (90 bars) :18. Arioso (Angel I): Woe unto them who forsake him! (42 bars) :19. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, SATB, Youth): O man of God, help thy people! (98 bars) :20. Chorus (SATB): Thanks be to God (140 bars) ;*Part II. :21. Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel! (158 bars) :22. Chorus (SATB): Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (118 bars) :23. Recitative (Elijah, Queen, SATB): The Lord hath exalted thee (70 bars) :24. Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah): Woe to him, he shall perish (46 bars) :25. Recitative (Tenor): Man of God, now let my words (28 bars) :26. Aria (Elijah): It is enough, O Lord now take away my life (118 bars) :27. Recitative (Tenor): See, now he sleepeth (8 bars) :28. Trio (SSA): Lift thine eyes (39 bars) :29. Chorus (SATB): He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (79 bars) :30. Recitative (Angel I, Elijah): Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey (33 bars) :31. Aria (Angel I): O rest in the Lord (34 bars) :32. Chorus (SATB): He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (37 bars) :33. Recitative (Elijah, Angel II): Night falleth round me, O Lord! (27 bars) :34. Chorus (SATB): Behold! God the Lord passeth by! (191 bars) :35. Quartet (SSAA), Choir (SATB): Above him stood the Seraphim; Holy is God the Lord (48 bars) :36. Recitative (SSATTBB, Elijah): Go, return upon thy way! I go on my way (19 bars) :37. Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart (36 bars) :38. Chorus (SATB): Then did Elijah the prophet break forth (57 bars) :39. Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth (44 bars) :40. Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah (19 bars) :41. Chorus (SSAATTBB): But the Lord, from the north hath raised one (61 bars) ::Quartet (SATB): O come everyone that thirsteth (52 bars) :42. Chorus (SATB): And then shall your light break forth (127 bars) ::Lord, our Creator"

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre / Form → Romantic ♬ Voicing → SSAA

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

¶ Language → German / English

Parts 4

Instruments voices, mixed chorus (SSSAATTB), orchestra

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