Elijah (oratorio) thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art'. Notwithstanding the work's triumph, Mendelssohn revised his oratorio wholesale before another group of performances in London in April 1847 - one (23 April) in the presence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The German version was first performed on the composer's birthday, 3 February 1848, in Leipzig, a few months after Mendelssohn's death, under the baton of the composer Niels Wilhelm Gade. Mendelssohn uses biblical episodes relating to Elijah, which in the original, :19 and , are narrated in rather laconic form, to produce intensely dramatic scenes, by adding several
Paul Ferris (composer) Paul Ferris (composer) Richard Paul Ferris (2 May 1941 – 30 October 1995) was an English film composer and actor. Born in Corby, Northamptonshire, England, Ferris provided scores for various low budget British horror films during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Ferris began made a few acting appearances from 1961 such as "Dixon of Dock Green" and the 1964 comedy film "Rattle of a Simple Man". In 1965 he was seen as John Mannering's sidekick David Marlowe in "The Baron" before his character was replaced by Sue Lloyd at the insistence of American television executives. He briefly appeared in