For Ronald R. Pelger that evening was an avowed dearest wish come true - and successful meeting this would not have taken place. In the packed Christ Church, the choir director of the Peter-Cornelius-Conservatory with over 200 participants, especially adolescents and young adults, the oratorio "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy has been listed. An event that obviously knew only winners. Especially for the young choristers of the Conservatory this evening is a defining, in some cases probably even for pioneering musical experience key have been, from which they can still live off years later. Because it is more than extraordinary, to be able to perform at a young age such a work to a level that is comparable with that of the experienced oratorio choirs in the region.
Already in the first cycles is clear that the daring experiment has succeeded Pelger. Clear and precise articulation decrease his direction are the foundations on which we operate, the choir, there will also be extremely clean intonation through all the parts through. In dealing with the soloists, the choir shows as informal and interactive, in the mass scenes, the young singers are strong and enthusiastic, skip but never the border with uncontrollable exuberance. Very agile, sometimes mysterious, are working in different dynamic degrees, in the foreground in all this remains a surprisingly stringent held by homogeneous sound that is spiced with refreshing appeal.
Conservatory Director Gerhard Scholz had received reports from parents that their kids sing at home again and again a fraction of the "Elijah" to himself. 200 years after the birth of the composer's probably a not survive from the hand pointing to evidence of cross-generational intensity of this music, the fashions and trends. A stroke of luck for the performance is the Rheinische Akademie Mainz orchestra, choir and soloists, attentive and always accompanied reliable shape. Daniel Sans takes experience and brilliant tone, the tenor part, Birgit Schmickler (mezzo soprano) precipitated with marrowy clear timbre, while Thomas Peter with earthy bass Elias role does and Sabine Goetz contributing to their bright, unclouded radiant soprano.
Prepared for the Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung
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