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 Lewis (composer) Suite", "Rosa mundi" and "Suite navarraise" in the Naxos series of "English String Miniatures" alongside works by Frank Bridge, Frederick Delius, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, and Peter Warlock. He is a cousin of composer Keith Burstein. Paul Lewis (composer) Paul Lewis (born 1943) is a British composer who was born in Brighton, England. Lewis began composing for television at age 20 and is best known today for his television music. It includes TV scores for dramatic series such as "Arthur of the Britons", "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "Undermind", children's series such as "Brendon Chase", "Seal Morning" and "Woof!" and