Event listing: Mendelssohn in Birmingham: the Italian Symphony | Birmingham Town Hall | Sat 19 Oct 2013 at 15:00

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Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 3DQ, United Kingdom

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Programme

Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Symphony no. 4 in A major "Italian", Op.90
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Symphony no. 5 in D major, "Reformation", Op.107

Performers

Edward Gardner	Conductor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Baiba Skride	Violin

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An impressive start to the CBSO's Mendelssohn cycle under Gardner

Peter Marks, 19th October

Mendelssohn developed quite a soft spot for Birmingham, even producing a sketched portrait of the city. At the centre of this portrait stands Joseph Hansom's splendid neoclassical Town Hall where Mendelssohn conducted several of his own works, most famously the première of his great oratorio, Elijah.

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