Learning to Listen: Samuel Wesley, 'the English Mozart'

York Gate and St Marylebone Parish Church in London, engraved circa 1830, during which time Samuel Wesley was the church's organist. Original Artwork: Engraving by H Wallis, original Thomas H Sheperd. Rischgitz/Getty Images

Listen Learning to Listen: Samuel Wesley, "the English Mozart"
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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

Learning to Listen: Samuel Wesley, 'the English Mozart'

Listen Learning to Listen: Samuel Wesley, "the English Mozart"

Program Playlist