Music Director William Schrickel opens the 20th anniversary season of The Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra with a program featuring the music of J.S. Bach and composers who have been inspired by the chorales of the great Baroque master. The concert includes the world premiere performance of John Tartaglia's Reflections on a Chorale of Bach, written especially for the MSO, as well as Mendelssohn's 'Reformation' Symphony, which concludes with a finale based on the great Bach chorale we know as 'A Mighty Fortress is Our God.' The Valley Chamber Chorale sings Bach's chorales in their original settings, and the MSO performs seldom-heard orchestral arrangements of Bach chorale preludes.

William Schrickel, conductor
Valley Chamber Chorale, Carol Carver, Music Director

J.S. Bach ­ Chorales
J.S. Bach/Stokowski ­ Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott
J.S. Bach/Stokowski ­ Komm Süsser Tod
J.S. Bach/Bantock ­ Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
J.S. Bach/Luck ­ Jesu, meine Freude
J.S. Bach/Stokowski ­ O Haupt voll Blut und Winden
John Tartaglia ­ Reflections on a Chorale of Bach (World Premiere, commissioned by the MSO)
Felix Mendelssohn ­ Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'

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