A Musical Journey By way of the Story of Redemption

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, musicians who’re members of Parkside Church had been joined by members of the Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Institute of Music for a particular night of classical music and a survey of God’s redemptive plan. Starting with the opening pages of Scripture and concluding with Revelation and the believer’s new house, the live performance From the Backyard to Glory featured curated musical picks paired with the biblical textual content to assist us replicate on the Bible’s overarching message: the hope present in Jesus alone. As you possibly can see within the video under, every musical theme was accompanied by temporary commentary from Alistair Begg.

“To start with, God created the heavens and the earth. … And God noticed every thing that he had made, and behold, it was superb. … Then the LORD God fashioned the person of mud from the bottom and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the person turned a residing creature.” (Gen. 1:1, 31; 2:7)

Cello Suite No. 1 in G Main, BWV 1007: I. Prélude

Johann Sebastian Bach

The Fall

“Simply as sin got here into the world by way of one man, and loss of life by way of sin, and so loss of life unfold to all males as a result of all sinned…” (Rom. 5:12)

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto

Dmitri Shostakovich

The Promise

“I’ll put enmity between you and the lady, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and also you shall bruise his heel.” (Gen. 3:15)

“Gabriel’s Oboe”

Ennio Morricone

The Youngster

“For to us a toddler is born, to us a son is given; and the federal government shall be upon his shoulder, and his identify shall be referred to as Great Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.” (Isa. 9:6)

Opus 31, No. 23, “Mouvement de Prière Religieuse”

Fernando Sor

The Cross

“For Christ additionally suffered as soon as for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he may convey us to God.” (1 Peter 3:18)

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Samuel Barber

The Resurrection

“If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the lifeless, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in useless and your religion is in useless.” (1 Cor. 15:13–14)

Concerto No. 1 in E main, Op. 8, RV 269, “Spring” (La primavera): I. Allegro

Antonio Vivaldi

The Church

“The dominion of the world has turn into the dominion of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign endlessly and ever.” (Rev. 11:15)

String Octet in E-flat Main, Op. 20, MWV R 20: IV. Presto

Felix Mendelssohn

The New House

“After this I seemed, and behold, an ideal multitude that nobody might quantity, from each nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing earlier than the throne and earlier than the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches of their arms, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’” (Rev. 7:9–10)

“Morgen!” (“Tomorrow!”), Op. 27, No. 4

Richard Strauss