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Haydn / Strauss / Mendelssohn
Friday, November 24, 2017 at 7 p.m.
Three Centuries of Music
Concert Hall of Slovak Philharmonic
Performers
Slovenská filharmónia
Slovenský filharmonický zbor
Pinchas Steinberg conductor
Tibor Szappanos tenor
Thomas Lang choir master
Lena Belkina alto
Adrian Eröd baritone
Peter Mikuláš bass
Program
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob.I:88
(21:02)
Adagio – Allegro (5:20)
Largo (5:59)
Menuetto: Allegretto (4:28)
Finale. Allegro con spirito (5:15)
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, a Tone Poem, Op. 28
(17:39)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)
The First Walpurgis Night, Cantata, Op. 60
(38:28)
Overture: Bad weather and Transition to Spring (9:12)
May is in full bloom (4:31)
Could you be so rash, so daring? (2:21)
Whoever fears to sacrifice (2:04)
Divide your forces, valiant men (1:39)
Christians and their priests are witless (0:38)
Come with prongs and pitchforks (6:03)
It’s come so far that now by night (3:34)
Help, oh help me, comrade (1:04)
The flame is purified by smoke (7:22)