Elijah an Oratorio the music of Felix Mendelssohn. Program pamphlet

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ELIJAH
%Pn Orotuio
The Music by
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
HE three best known ancl at the same time
probably greatest oratorios are "The Mes-siah"
by George F. Ilanalel which has a
spiritual message; "!fhe Creation" by
Joseph Haydn which is a beautiful namatil'e, and
"Elijah" by Felix 1\{endelssohn, best described as "an
opera without acting." The life of the gre-atest and
sternest of prophets is picturetl iD music,..in which
the dramatic €lement has overshaalovred 'all other'
consid.erat ions.
The text throughout is scril:,tural and the nrusical
mood refiects the words with rernarkal:le accurac-\r,
dramatic intensity yielding only to lyric beauty in
those portions which deal srith great spiritual truth
or consolation. First conceived in 1836, ttr v"'orli
was not begun until 1845, the music being set to
German words furnishecl by Julius Schubrino, the
})nglish text being selected by Witliam }Jartholomet'
and suppliecl throush correspondence as the corrr-poser
worked. tr'irst performed at Birmingham, En-gland,
in English on August 26th, 1846, the trio "Lift
Thine Eyes" and last chorus were added; and as non'
known the oratorio was given at ]trxeter Hall, April
16th, 1847, and at Hamirurg" Germany, Oct. ?th, 184?.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Lewistown, Montana
April 4th, 1926, 9:30 p. m.
1809-1847 W