St. Paul (oratorio) (Apostelgeschichte IV 24,26,29) St. Paul (oratorio) St. Paul (in German Paulus), Op. 36, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn. The libretto was begun in 1832 by the composer with pastor , a childhood friend, pulling together passages from the New Testament (chiefly the Acts of the Apostles) and Old Testament. It also features chorales or hymn settings after Bach's model. Composition of the music began in 1834, and the work was premiered on 22 May 1836 (having been completed in April of that year) at the Lower Rhenish Music Festival in Düsseldorf. The English premiere was in Liverpool on 3
Paul Thomson (composer) Paul Thomson (composer) Paul Ross Thomson (born 18 February 1972 in Walsall, Staffordshire) is an English composer for film, television, and video games who lives in Los Angeles. He won the 2012 Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award for "Music Original Title" for his theme music "The Fades" featured on BBC's cult series. Thomson has written for a variety of films and television shows. Recent work also includes the multiple award winning movie Missed Connections, the film adaptation of "Half of a Yellow Sun", the BAFTA Best Drama winning and BANFF Best Youth Fiction award winning "The Fades" (2011),