Music and the Bible

Music and the Bible 11/02/2010 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie HallCommunal singing and sacred oratorios were a vital part of Europe’s religious resurgence in the 1800s. The two major works on this program are by Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix’s sister; and Louis Spohr, whose contemporaries found him as masterful as Beethoven and Mozart. Conductor’s Notes Maestro…

Fanny Mendelssohn By R. Larry Todd Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. FANNY MENDELSSOHN (1805–47) Oratorium (nach Bildern der Bibel) (“Scenes from the Bible”) (1831) Fanny Mendelssohn’s Cholera Music Of the diseases that ravaged the nineteenth century, few had more sweeping social and cultural repercussions…

Louis Spohr, The Final Judgement By Clive Brown Written for the concert Music and the Bible, performed on Nov 2, 2010 at Carnegie Hall. LOUIS SPOHR (1784–1859) Die letzen Dinge (“The Final Judgment”) (1827) Premiere: Kassel, Germany, March 24, 1826 Spohr was at the height of his powers when he wrote Die letzten Dinge in…