Mendelssohn Archive

In Yuja Wang’s own words: “Songs Without Words (German, Lieder ohne Worte) are a series of short lyrical piano pieces by the Romantic composer Felix Mendelssohn, written between 1829 and 1845. His sister Fanny Mendelssohn …

A very long time ago I participated in a three person group who got together to make music. I played the violin and two friends played the piano part and the cello part. While we …

Some of Felix Mendelssohn’s most charming work can be found in his Songs without Words. Between 1830 and 1847, Mendelssohn composed eight sets of six short piano pieces–48 pieces in all–that he himself titled Songs …

Mendelssohn’s D minor Piano Trio represents the new Romantic age with a dizzying freshness and vitality. Its effortless formal perfection and winning themes, frequently announced on the cello, present a work of often tormented Romanticism …

Mendelssohn worked on sketches for his third symphony when he was in Italy in 1831, but set them aside, not completing the work until 1842. The strength of the work is immediately apparent in the …