ALL-MENDELSSOHN PROGRAM
Conductor Bramwell Tovey will lead the orchestra Thursday, January 26 through Tuesday, January 31, 2012 in Mendelssohn's Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, with sopranos Carolyn Sampson and Camilla Tilling, tenor Mark Padmore, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.
This piece is a beautiful symphony cantata featuring orchestra, chorus and three vocal soloists. Mendelssohn wrote the choral Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, entitled Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise), to mark the celebrations in Leipzig of the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press; the first performance took place on 25 June 1840.
Interested in attending one of the four performances? Purchase your tickets here.










