All Mendelssohn articles
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ReviewMinguet Quartet: Mendelssohn
Composer’s youthful works receive precise and unmannered performances
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Live-streamed concert review: James Ehnes (violin) Minnesota Orchestra/Juraj Valčuha
Bruce Hodges gives his views on the performance at Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, on 5 March 2021
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Live-streamed concert review: Jupiter Quartet
Dennis Rooney listens to four short performances from the University of Illinois’s Krannert Center on 5, 12, 19 and 26 February 2021
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Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope
Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori: Violins of Hope The Strad Issue : April 2021 Description : Intense musical drama, expressiveness – and hope – from a harrowing Holocaust history Musicians : Daniel Hope, Kay Stern, Dawn Harms, Sean Mori (violins) Patricia ...
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Yo-Yo Ma: Songs of Comfort and Hope
Gorgeously played album of serene favourites from a masterful duo
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Gautier Capuçon: Emotions
A collection of popular encores that strikes exactly the right note
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Concert review: Catalyst Quartet, Harlem Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hall on 30 October 2020
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Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn The Strad Issue : January 2021 Description : Newly formed French trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty Musicians : Zeliha Trio Works : Shostakovich: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.8. Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D ...
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Viola de Hoog: Mendelssohn
Period-instrument duo shows its prowess in athletic, colourful playing
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Gringolts Quartet, Meta4: Mendelssohn, Enescu
Compelling performances and glorious sonority from two ensembles
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Johannes Moser, Alasdair Beatson: Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn
An exhilarating programme of works for cello and piano captures these composer siblings’ high spirits
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Pavel Šporcl: Mendelssohn violin concerto
In this video, Pavel Šporcl performs Mendelssohn’s E minor Violin Concerto with the English Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Woods in concert at Cadogan Hall, London, on 9 June this year. Šporcl has sold more than 230,000 CDs in his career, with his latest recording, ‘Christmas On The Blue ...
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Doric Quartet: Mendelssohn String Quartets vol.1
Structured readings that also capture the intense emotions of the music
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Masterclass: Mendelssohn Variations Op 17
British cellist Guy Johnston talks about dialogue, contrast and sense of line in the German composer’s Classical–Romantic work
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Ragazze Quartet: Spiegel: Works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.13; BEETHOVEN String Quartet no.15 in A minor op.132
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11-year-old Leia Zhu performs early Mendelssohn concerto
In this video, violinist Leia Zhu, born in the UK in October 2006, performs the Mendelssohn’s early D minor Violin Concerto with the Kazan Chamber Orchestra ‘La Primavera’ conducted by Rustem Abyazov. The concert took place on 14 March 2018.
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Christian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam: Mendelssohn works for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Strong, supple and virtuosic accounts of Mendelssohn Musicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) Ronald Brautigam (piano) Works: MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonatas: no.1 in B flat major op.45 and no.2 in D major op.58; ...
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'If one can do something, I believe it’s important to try' – Hilary Hahn on Refugee Council concert in London
The violinist will perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at a Royal Festival Hall fundraising concert on 15 January conducted by Edward Gardner. Here she talks to The Strad about a cause close to her heart and a concerto which has become a constant companion
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Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 10, Tabea Zimmermann, JSO
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra strings, lead from the viola by Tabea Zimmermann, perform Mendelssohn’s String Symphony no.10. The String Symphonies (twelve in total) were composed when Mendelssohn was between twelve and 14 years old.
