The aria Hear Ye, Israel and the chorus Be Not Afraid from the oratorio Elijah, Op. 70 (MWV A 25) by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy are performed by Nancy Argenta (soprano), the Gewandhaus Choir and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. These two gems from Mendelssohn's Elijah (German: Elias) were part of a memorial concert in 1999 at St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Two excerpts from Elijah (Elias): (00:00) XXI. Aria: Hear Ye, Israel! (Höre, Israel, höre des Herrn Stimme!) (05:52) XXII. Chorus: Be Not Afraid, saith God the Lord (Fürchte dich nicht, spricht unser Gott) Nancy Argenta, soprano Gewandhaus Choir Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt, conductor St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, 1999
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