Ignatz Moscheles in Birmingham - 26 August, 1846

from Recent Music and Musicians, page 325:

Mendelssohn achieved his most brilliant triumph in this day's performance of his Elijah. In my opinion this work has more vividness and more dramatic variety than 'St. Paul,' and yet it is written in the purest oratorio style, and places him yet another step higher.
cite as

Ignatz Moscheles, and Charlotte Moscheles (ed.), Recent Music and Musicians (New York, 1879), p. 325. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431696723000 accessed: 28 March, 2024

location of experience: Birmingham

Listeners

Ignatz Moscheles
Head of Leigzig Conservertoir, Composer, Conducting, Musician […]
1794-1870

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Elijah
written by Felix Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn

Experience Information

Date/Time 26 August, 1846
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by mallen on Fri, 15 May 2015 14:32:03 +0100