Elijah (oratorio) Austrian bass Joseph Staudigl. Mendelssohn had discussed an oratorio based on Elijah in the late 1830s with his friend Karl Klingemann, who had provided him with the libretto for his comic operetta "Die Heimkehr aus der Fremde", which resulted in a partial text that Klingemann was unable to finish. Mendelssohn then turned to , the librettist for his earlier oratorio "St. Paul", who quickly abandoned Klingemann's work and produced his own text that combined the story of Elijah as told in the Book of Kings with psalms. In 1845, the Birmingham Festival commissioned an oratorio from Mendelssohn, who worked with
Paul Sullivan (composer) Touched With Wonder: Windows of Hope and numerous blogs. Sullivan received a Grammy Award as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for the 2006 album "Silver Solstice". He received two NAIRD Indie Awards. In 1992 he won in the category of Seasonal Music for "Christmas in Maine", and in 1997 he won in the category of Spoken Word for "White on White". Paul Sullivan (composer) Paul Sullivan (born July 31, 1955) is an American Grammy Award winning pianist and composer whose music blends jazz and classical styles. He is a member of the Paul Winter Consort. Sullivan was born