Organization

Conductor

Paul McCreesh

Singer

Soprano

Susanna Phillips

Soprano I

Tenor

Nicolas Phan

Sari Gruber

Soprano II

Others

Dallas Symphony Chorus

Orchestra

Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesang”

Dallas

United States

Lobgesang Mendelssohn

Public

Symphony No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 52 ("Hymn of Praise")

Blest Pair of Sirens

Anna-Maria Gkouni

Approved

Paul McCreesh joins the DSO to conduct a grand spiritual concert including vocal soloists, the Dallas Symphony Chorus and the Lay Family Organ. Also known as his Symphony No. 2, Mendelssohn described the work as a “symphonic cantata.” Bearing a superficial similarity to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, it begins with three instrumental movements although on a much smaller scale and closes with a cantata-like structure for chorus, solo voices and orchestra.

Blest Pair of Sirens is a short work for choir and orchestra by English composer Hubert Parry, who was commissioned to compose a piece for the Bach Choir of London to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The Glories of our Blood and State was to be used, but subsequently scrapped possibly due to lines including “Sceptre and crown must tumble down” not being the most suitable for the event.

Parry then decided to set Milton’s At a Solemn Music garnering immediate success and eventually being recognized as an outstanding English choral work.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble