AUG 26 1846 an eager crowd filled the Birmingham Town Hall to hear Felix Mendelssohn conduct an orchestra of 125 players and a chorus of 271 voices in the premiere performance of Elijah, Op. 70.
PIC Mendelssohn conducting the premiere
AUG 26 1846 an eager crowd filled the Birmingham Town Hall to hear Felix Mendelssohn conduct an orchestra of 125 players and a chorus of 271 voices in the premiere performance of Elijah, Op. 70.
PIC Mendelssohn conducting the premiere