Original title: Athalie.

Scoring: narrator and 2 × soprano and 2 × contralto and 2 × chorus and orchestra. Composition date: 1845.

Movements / numbers:
1. Overture (Maestoso con... Read more
Original title: Athalie.

Scoring: narrator and 2 × soprano and 2 × contralto and 2 × chorus and orchestra. Composition date: 1845.

Movements / numbers:
1. Overture (Maestoso con moto - Allegro molto)
2. Nr.1. Herr, durch die ganze Welt
3. Nr.2. O seht, welch ein Stern
4. No.3. Lasst uns dem heil`gen Wort
5. Nr.4. Ist es Glück, ist es Leid?
6. Kriegsmarsch der Priester (Allegro vivace)
7. Nr.5. So geht, so geht, ihr Kinder Aarons, Geht
8. Nr.6. Ja, durch die ganze Welt

Text / literary source: Ernst Raupach (1784–1852) and Composer after Jean Racine (1639–1699).

Original language: German.

Dedication: Composed at the request of King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia for court performance.

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«Athalie» (J. Racine) - Incidental Music, Op. 74 (MWV M 16) (Mendelssohn)
War March of the Priests (¹ 6). Recorded: December 7, 1966, Philadelphia.Read moreCollapse
War March of the Priests (¹ 6). Recorded: December 7, 1966, Philadelphia.
 
     
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