{"id":3998,"date":"2025-09-26T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/?post_type=casco_phil_event&#038;p=3998"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T11:23:45","slug":"mendelssohn-elijah-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"casco_phil_event","link":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/events\/mendelssohn-elijah-antwerp\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendelssohn&#8217;s Elijah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"3196\" data-end=\"3550\">Felix Mendelssohn composed his monumental oratorio <strong data-start=\"3247\" data-end=\"3257\">Elijah<\/strong> in 1846, at the height of his career. The work combines the grandeur of Handel and Bach with Mendelssohn\u2019s Romantic refinement. Dramatic choral passages, intimate arias, and virtuosic ensembles alternate in a score that vividly portrays the struggles and spirituality of the prophet Elijah.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3552\" data-end=\"3880\">To mark the <strong data-start=\"3564\" data-end=\"3615\">25th anniversary of the Octopus Symphonic Choir<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"3617\" data-end=\"3631\">Casco Phil<\/strong>, conductor <strong data-start=\"3643\" data-end=\"3660\">Bart Van Reyn<\/strong>, and an international quartet of soloists present Mendelssohn\u2019s masterpiece at the prestigious <strong data-start=\"3756\" data-end=\"3791\">Queen Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp<\/strong>. Here, the dramatic contrasts and spiritual depth of this oratorio come fully to life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3882\" data-end=\"4016\">An exceptional opportunity to experience Mendelssohn\u2019s visionary music in a performance that unites grandeur, emotion, and devotion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3992,"template":"","event-type":[43,54],"class_list":["post-3998","casco_phil_event","type-casco_phil_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-type-symfonisch","event-type-symphonic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casco_phil_event\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/casco_phil_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/casco_phil_event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cascophil.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}