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
Elijah B. Torn Elijah B. Torn Elijah B Torn ( born 1979 in Ithaca, New York) is an electronic musician who lives and performs in New York City. He is the eldest son of guitarist David Torn. "Sarge - Shukar Rough," Torn's first album was released on the now defunct Can't Stop Eating label. It has received airplay both on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic and RTQE on WORT-FM in Madison Wisconsin. Elijah B. Torn has also fashioned many remixes, including those for former label-mates Sleepwalker and Betray the Species; Epic Artist Susie Suh; PutDownThatSciencePole, Film Composer Alexander Lasarenko and Scottish songwriters Quinn. Regardless,