Program
Felix Mendelssohn (1857 –1934)
Psalm 42, Op. 42
OSSCS Composer Competition winning entry
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Antonín Dvořák (1841 –1904)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
About the Concert
Antonín Dvořák wrote his seventh symphony during a time of personal turmoil and tribulation after the deaths of his mother and his beloved eldest child — one page of the manuscript reads, “From the sad years.” Throughout the symphony the composer searches for hope and joy: “What is in my mind is Love, God and my Fatherland,” he confessed to a close friend. The search for God and spiritual enlightenment is also at the core of Felix Mendelssohn’s sublime setting of Psalm 42: the image of a deer longing for fresh water is a symbolic representation of humankind’s ongoing search for spiritual comfort and joy in the light of God.
Please join us prior to the concert at 2:00 p.m. for a free “Behind the Music” discussion!
