The Libertador San Martín National Youth Symphony and the National Children's Choir perform along with two guest ensembles, The Washington Chorus and the University of Michigan Chamber Choir , in a special concert with more than one hundred voices and seventy musicians on stage.

The national organizations – belonging to the National Directorate of Stable Casts and directed by Mario Benzecry and María Isabel Sanz – join the prestigious American choirs, directed by Eugene Rogers , to perform the oratorio Elías , by Felix Mendelssohn.

The work – which takes up musical elements present in Handel and Bach – describes fragments of the life of the prophet Elijah, with texts by the Protestant pastor Julius Schubring adapted into English by William Bartholomew.

Featured as soloists are baritone Will Liverman , soprano Juliet Schlefer , mezzo-soprano  Monique Spells , and tenor Tyrese Byrd . In addition, the young soprano Gretel Tomas , from the National Children's Choir, participates as a soloist.