For an adulatory audience, the eightsome played an encore: an arrangement of the last movement of Fauré’s Requiem (In ...

This biography of composer and pianist Felix Mendelssohn traces his development from musical child prodigy to a conductor whose influence as an advocate of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven is still felt to ...

HUNTINGTON — In what will be a tour-de-force production, the Huntington Symphony Orchestra, the Huntington Symphony Choir and ...

Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...

On the evenings of 16 and 17 November, renowned conductor Johan de Villiers will lead a powerful rendition of Felix ...

Four chords — played resolutely by the woodwinds — open Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” a piece he wrote at 17 years old. He completed the rest of the ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login By upbringing, family connections, and education, Felix Mendelssohn was ideally positioned to contribute to the historical legacies of the ...