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08/05/2009 Mendelssohn Weekend

Presented by Sean Rafferty. A special Mendelssohn celebration from Birmingham Town Hall, including Thomas Trotter performing on the same organ Mendelssohn played in the city.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.

A special Mendelssohn edition from Birmingham Town Hall, launching Radio 3's celebration of the 200th anniversary of the great composer's birth.

Featuring the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic conducted by Nicholas Kraemer in performances of the Ruy Blas Overture and String Symphony No 9. Violinist and Radio 3 New Generation Artist Tai Murray joins the orchestra to play Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor. Thomas Trotter performs on the historic William Hill organ, the very same instrument Mendelssohn himself played during visits to the city.

And pianist Andrew Zolinsky gives the premiere performance of a new Song without Words, one of six specially-commissioned for the festival, as well as a rendition of Mendelssohn's Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14.

Mendelssohn: Overture (Ruy Blas)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)

Mendelssohn arr WT Best: War March of the Priests
Thomas Trotter (organ)

Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 9 in C
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor)

Mendelssohn arr Neil Jenkins: O for the Wings of a Dove (Hear My Prayer)
Alice Halstead (soprano)
Thomas Trotter (organ)

Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14
Andrew Zolinsky (piano)

Lloyd Moore: Scherzino (new commission)
Andrew Zolinsky (piano)

Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 65 (3rd mvt)
Thomas Trotter (organ)

Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for violin and orchestra
Tai Murray (violin)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Nicholas Kraemer (conductor).

2 hours

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Fri 8 May 2009 17:00

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