Supported by the Friends of Hereford Cathedral
Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Geraint Bowen conductor
Mendelssohn himself conducted the first performance of Elijah in Birmingham in 1846. It was such a success that no fewer than four choruses and four arias were encored. He wrote ‘no work of mine went so admirably the first time of execution, or was received with such enthusiasm by both the musicians and the audience.’