Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, "Reformation": UMD University Orchestra

# Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, "Reformation": UMD University Orchestra. ## The UMD University Orchestra closes the 2025-26 season with a performance of Mendelssohn's profound fifth symphony. The UMD University Orchestra concludes its 2025-26 season with Felix Mendelssohn's profound Symphony No. 5, “Reformation,” alongside Gioachino Rossini’s Overture to *The Barber of Seville* and Camille Saint-Saëns *Danse Bacchanale*. Originally composed to celebrate the tercentenary of the Augsburg Confession, a pivotal moment in the Protestant Reformation, Mendelssohn’s Fifth Symphony has earned recognition as one of his most profound orchestral statements. ### View Program Book. ### Program. The UMD Symphony Orchestra opens its 2025–26 Season with some of the most prolific American composers and American-inspired works. #### The Rite of Spring: UMD Symphony Orchestra and UMD Wind Orchestra. The UMD Symphony and UMD Wind Orchestras team up to present a special performance featuring Igor Stravinsky’s frenzied The Rite of Spring and Clarice Assad’s Multiverse: Another Rite of Spring. #### Stravinsky's The Firebird: UMD University Orchestra.

The UMD University Orchestra concludes its 2025-26 season with Felix Mendelssohn's profound Symphony No. 5, “Reformation,” alongside Gioachino Rossini's

TONIGHT, Tue, May 5, University of Maryland School of Music's University Orchestra presents Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, "Reformation