Arie Lipsky
Conductor
Piano
Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday bash begins with his celebratory music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which was the source for the ever-popular “Wedding March.” Theatrical music continues with a suite from Walton’s delicate ballet based on Bach ‘greatest hits”—Sheep May Safely Graze and others. Mendelssohn was an avid champion of Bach’s musical genius. Canadian-born 2006 International Web Concert Hall winner Joel Hastings dances across the keys for Bach’s rapid and intricate Piano Concerto in D minor. Mendelssohn’s 5th “Reformation” Symphony is a rousing work featuring the music of Martin Luther and concluding with the thunderous “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.”
3. Wedding March
1. What God hath done is rightly done [Vivace assai]
2. Lord, hear my longing [Adagio]
3. See what his love can do [Tranquillo]
4. Ah! how ephemeral [Vivace]
5. Sheep may safely graze [Adagio]
6. Praise be to God [Moderato]
3. Allegro
4. Andante con moto - Allegro maestoso
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