The Mysterious Maestro is a concert-story about a little girl who loves to sing, but has moved to a town where music is forbidden! This town is famously named Hamelin—thirty years after the infamous Pied Piper has led all of Hamelin's children away. Hannah breaks the musical silence with the help of a gossipy rat and her own passion for grand music. Eventually, she melts the heart of a desperate conductor and frees his imprisoned orchestra. Music is restored to Hamelin, and the orchestra regains its central part in the town's new life.
Giuseppe Verdi Overture from La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny)
Heitor Villa-Lobo Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 Aria (Bach-inspired Brazilian Pieces)
Onalea Gilbertson, vocalist
Jules Massenet "Méditation from Thaïs
Dave Pierce, Donovan Seidle, Doug McKeag, Onalea Gilbertson "Hannah's Song" *
Onalea Gilbertson, vocalist
Émile Waldteufel Estudiantina Waltz (Band of Students Waltz)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov "Procession of the Sardars" from Caucasian Sketches
Camille Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Donovan Seidle "Perfect Music – Breaking the Spell" *
Onalea Gilbertson, vocalist
Felix Mendelssohn Finale (excerpt) from Symphony No. 5, "Reformation"
Ludwig wan Beethoven "Ode to Joy" from Symphony No. 9
* Original Canadian composition commissioned by Dandi Productions with support from the Canada Council