The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir led by Jan Willem de Vriend perform the oratorio ‘Christus’, an unfinished piece by Felix Mendelssohn. Mendelssohn started composing it in 1846, but died in 1847. The now performed music, Op. 97, are fragments from the oratoria that were already written. The orchestra, choir and soloists perform the wonderful music during the AVROTROS Friday Concerto of Friday the 20th of December 2019.
On the musical programme:
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - Christus, Op.97
The musicians:
The Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
The Netherlands Radio Choir
Jan Willem de Vriend [conductor]
Ruby Hughes [soprano]
Matthew Swensen [tenor]
Henning von Schulman [bass]
Henk Neven [bass]
Recording: Friday the 20th of December 2019, live in TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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