Mendelssohn - Elijah

North Herts Guild of Singers

Rehearsals are now well on for the North Herts Guild of Singers performance of Mendelssohn’s best-loved oratorio, Elijah, on 25 November. We are to be accompanied by the Beaufoy Sinfonia , made up of some of the most exciting young talents at the major London conservatoires. They were a joy to work with last autumn.

We have a stellar line-up of outstanding young soloists.

Soprano                     Sophie Benfield

Mezzo-soprano          Maya Wheeler-Colwell

Tenor                         Philippe Durrant

Bass                           Johannes Moore

         We shall  be conducted by our MD, Harry Bradford. Harry is building quite a reputation, both in this country and abroad. He is just recently back from Sweden, where  he conducted the world-renowned Swedish Radio Choir, in a concert in Stockholm.

You can expect rousing singing, beautiful arias and most importantly a committed and dramatic rendering of Mendelssohn’s quite fabulous story telling. There will be hurricanes and earthquakes, chariots of fire, evil queens and the holiest of visions – as well as some cracking choruses.

Do come along in November!