Concert - Mendelssohn's St. Paul

Last edited by Oxford Harmonic... on 10 September 2024

Venue, Timing and Cost

Venue: 
Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford
Date(s): 
Saturday, 23 November 2024
Timing: 
7:30pm (doors open 6:30pm)
Cost: 
£15 - £30

Oxford Harmonic Choir and The Orchestra of Stowe Opera present St. Paul, the first of two oratorios completed by Felix Mendelssohn in his lifetime, the second being the well-known Elijah. St. Paul is just as dramatic and tuneful as its successor. It is a very moving portrait of an influential (and widely misunderstood) figure in early Christianity, with Paul’s conversion and martyrdom as its main points of focus. It displays the composer’s debt to the Baroque era (particularly Bach) much more openly than Elijah does, and at least two of the hymn tunes Mendelssohn quotes in the process are still in popular use today!

Further Information

Contact Details: 

Tickets available from: www.ticketsoxford.com or by calling 01865 305305
Also available at the door from 7:00pm
Sheldonian Theatre seating plan at www.ticketsoxford.com.
All tickets are unreserved (i.e. they are for a particular seating area, not for a specific individual seat).

Wheelchair discount tickets and Group discount tickets (for groups of 10+) are not available via Tickets Oxford and must be booked via Caroline Butler (see http://oxfordharmonicchoir.org/concerts).

Ticket prices:

Chairs £30
Lower gallery £25
Semi-circle £20
Upper gallery £15
Wheelchair users may bring a companion/carer for free
Under 18s/students: Half price in the Semi-circle and Upper gallery only (proof of status required)

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