In October 2016 The Monteverdi Choir performed Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang alongside the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Together they toured Germany with a programme of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and Meersesstille & Gluckliche Fahrt, with two performances in London where the programme featured Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

Composed during his time in Leipzig, Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony Lobgesang takes the hybrid form of a Symphony-Cantata, blending secular and sacred styles with this stirring work that takes the audience on a spiritual journey to enlightenment.

A recording of John Eliot Gardiner conducting the LSO and Monteverdi Choir in Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang is available here