Master 8 – Mendelssohn’s Bach at Adelaide Town Hall

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Bach - Suite No 3 in D (20)
Mendelssohn - Arias from St Paul & Elijah
Bach/Mendelssohn - Arias from St Matthew Passion
Mendelssohn - Symphony No 5 Reformation

Mendelssohn no doubt had Bach at the head of his list of fantasy dinner party guests. Those conversations never happened, of course, except at a musical level, and this concert represents one version of that conversation: a dialogue between the esteemed master and his prodigious musical descendant.



The glorious Lutheran musical heritage courses through this musical exchange, in which Bach’s artistry inspires Mendelssohn to achieve moments of sheer rapture. Nicholas McGegan, partnering with the splendid baritone voice of Andrew Foster-Williams, brings his trademark finesse to this feast of beautiful melody, from the mesmerizing Air on the G string to the stirring chorale A Mighty Fortress is our God.