# Has anyone sung Mendelssohn's Lobgesang?

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**Created:** [May 29, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880 "2007-05-29T06:53:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880/1 "2007-05-29T06:53:46Z")

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I’ve been offered the opportunity of singing in a performance of Mendelssohn’s _Lobgesang_ Symphony (aka the Symphony No 2 in B Flat Major, Opus 52). Has anybody been involved in performances of this work?

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880/2 "2007-05-30T06:57:27Z")

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No takers?

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880/3 "2007-05-30T12:57:30Z")

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I wonder if **Lobsang** has? 😃

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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880/4 "2007-05-30T22:36:50Z")

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I haven’t but, hey, it’s a Mendelssohn choral work! What could possibly be NOT to like?

( **Cunctator** , I really enjoy your choral music threads…)

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2007, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-sung-mendelssohns-lobgesang/405880/5 "2007-05-31T02:37:46Z")

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[QUOTE=freckafree]  
I haven’t but, hey, it’s a Mendelssohn choral work! What could possibly be NOT to like?  
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Of course. I’ve already accepted the offer, but I thought I’d see if anyone else had any comments, thoughts etc.

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> ( **Cunctator** , I really enjoy your choral music threads…)

Thanks. You’ll be interested to know then that I have two performances of Beethoven 9 next week.