b'Program Notescontinuedor homages to various styles. Several have gone on to become great and beloved standards of exquisite violin music. (From notes by Tom Wachunas, Canton Symphony Orchestra)The unexpected ending to this performance came about after I played Mzwandile an old recording of Eddie Souths swing version I found on YouTube. He was fascinated, and, demonstrating the usual flair and prodigious talent of many of our students, he and Daluxolo soon came up with their alternative ending!Rosemary NaldenFelix Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 10 in B Minor, MWV N 10AdagioAllegropi prestoMendelssohns 10th String Symphony was written at much the same time as the publication of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. Viewed in this context, the classical influences of this early work are strikingly obvious. At the same time, this little symphony looks forward to such masterpieces as his Overture to a Midsummer Nights Dream written in 1827. In fact, there is a brief glimpse of Midsummer Nights Dream towards the end of this one-movement work.All his string symphonies were composed between 1821 and 1824, when Mendelssohn was aged between 12 and 14. At the time, he was receiving composition and counterpoint lessons with the esteemed teacher Carl Friedrich Zelter in Berlin, and these symphonies were in fact exercises written for Zelter. They would have been performed at the Mendelssohn home in Berlin, with Felix and his sister Fanny appearing as soloists when required.The string symphonies were thought to be lost until they turned up in a Berlin library after the Second World War. No. 10 in B Minor may have consisted of more than one movement, but if so, the other movements have been lost. There are three tempo directions within this movement, which begins with a slow Adagio introduction followed by an Allegro, a sudden shift in tempo and mood. The work tumbles towards an exciting finale in a brief section marked pi presto. princetonsymphony.org/ 16'