Oratorio credited with writing the first English language oratorio, "Esther". Handel's imitators included the Italian Lidarti who was employed by the Amsterdam Jewish community to compose a Hebrew version of "Esther". Britain continued to look to Germany for its composers of oratorio. The Birmingham Festival commissioned various oratorios including Felix Mendelssohn's "Elijah" in 1846, later performed in German as "Elias". German composer Georg Vierling is noted for modernizing the secular oratorio form. John Stainer's "The Crucifixion" (1887) became the stereotypical battlehorse of massed amateur choral societies. Edward Elgar tried to revive the genre around the turn of century with the composition
Paul Thomson (composer) "Discovery: Project Earth" (2008) and "The Genius of Charles Darwin" (2008). Thomson was a lead composer on "LittleBigPlanet 2" created by Media Molecule creating all of the cinematics for the game, and several adaptive music tracks. He also worked with the company on the first game's downloadable content, scoring the "Pirates of the Caribbean" premium level pack and the "Marvel" premium level pack. He has also worked on LittleBigPlanet Karting, LittleBigPlanet Vita, and most recently, LittleBigPlanet 3. Paul Thomson (composer) Paul Ross Thomson (born 18 February 1972 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English composer for film, television, and video games