Elijah by FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Elizabeth Vaughan (soprano)] Patricia Parker (contralto), Ryland Davies (tenor)
Phillip Duncan Faulkner (boy soprano)
The Ardwyn Singers
The Cardiff Singers, Dyfed Choir Richard Williams Junior Singers BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra leader BARRY HASKEY conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes Mendelssohn's great oratorio was an instant success when first performed at the Birmingham Festival in 1846 and has remained a firm favourite With music lovers ever since. It is based on the biblical story, and the music superbly matches both the gentleness of the chorus of angels and the terrible authority of Elijah foretelling God's punishment,
Sound HARRY THOMAS
Lighting LEN STEPHENS Designer PHIL WILLIAMS Producer DAVID BUCKTON
BBC Cymru/Wales. Preview: page 19
(Owain Arwel Hughes conducts Were You There? an Easter anthology, Fri, 7.50)