Mendelssohn Archive

Date/Venue: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 2:30 PM 4:30 PM BING CONCERT HALL 327 LASUEN STREET STANFORD, CA, 94305 Program: BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 no. 4 MESSIAEN Pièce pour piano et quatuor à …

For his inaugural concert as the new Gewandhaus Orchestra conductor in Germany, Andris Nelsons chose three pieces, each with symbolic power. At the center of the three pieces played is the ‘Scottish’ Symphony by Felix …

Composer Robert Schumann frequently felt that the music of Felix Mendelssohn is filled with what Schumann envied as “ease” or “facility”. Schumann’s String Quartet no.1 in E flat major was written in the late summer …

This recording features music not frequently heard by the sister of the well-known composer. These are lovely songs by Fanny Mendelssohn. Also included is the very famous music by Fanny’s brother. When conductor Iván Fischer …

This is a collection of amazing romantic works for orchesta. In the Overture and Incidental Music to William Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, Felix Mendelssohn brings the illustrious company of elves, lovers’ passions and the solitude …