In the final program, Charles Hazlewood looks at Mendelssohn, whose music embodies
the sound of the Victorian age. Mendelssohn's overture to A Midsummer
Night's Dream captured the Victorians' fondness for fairy stories, and
he pioneered the use of a new conductor's tool - the baton. Hazlewood's
journey includes a trip to Birmingham Town Hall, where a massed choir
performs extracts from Mendelssohn's iconic work Elijah.
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