Wednesday, Feb 24, is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Samuel Wesley. He was the member of a musical dynasty, heir to a famous Methodist hymn writer, a prodigy called the "English Mozart," a virtuoso who revived interest in Bach's music for both organ and piano in Britain, and a man with a very colorful personal life.
Program Playlist
Samuel Wesley
Violin Concerto, 1st movement
Charles Wesley
Christ the Lord is Risen Today
J.S. Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier
Samuel Wesley
Symphony No. 3
Joseph Haydn
Piano Concerto No. 11: 1st movement
Felix Mendelssohn
Reformation Symphony, 4th movement
Samuel Wesley
Violin Concerto, 2nd and 3rd movements