Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 * Side-by-Side Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in G minor, Op. 25 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’ Nuron Mukumi piano Marios Papadopoulos conductor Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Wandering the streets of Edinburgh and rambling the hillsides of the Hebrides in 1829, Mendelssohn was overcome. Nothing, apparently, had prepared him for the impact of the dramatic …

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Mendelssohn Elijah, Op. 70 (sung in English) Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano Angharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano Adam Gilbert tenor Sir Bryn Terfel bass-baritone Crouch End Festival Chorus Marios Papadopoulos conductor Premiered in Birmingham, a German oratorio with a Christian soul composed by a practicing Lutheran from a famously Jewish family, Elijah is the consummate work of bridge-building, understanding and reconciliation. ‘I was able to …

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Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83* Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 Marios Papadopoulos piano/conductor Michael Papadopoulos conductor* Music Director Marios Papadopoulos celebrates a landmark occasion as soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto in B flat major and conductor in the same composer’s Symphony No. 4. Brahms wrote the second of his …

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