Tag Archives: Mendelssohn

The Dover Quartet brought fervor and excitement to music both familiar and not-so-familiar, including a string quartet by the great 20th-century Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz.

Can art make you a better person? Ian Niederhoffer and his chamber orchestra Parlando posed the question thoughtfully at the ensemble's season-opening concert.

The life of Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix's older sister and an important composer in her own right, springs into color in a recent documentary.

The eminent Dover Quartet delivered musical thrills, infusing the auditorium with youthful energy.

Conductor Jun Märkl led the Taiwan Philharmonic and violinist Paul Huang in a festive concert at Lincoln Center.

St. John joined The Knights for Avner Dorman's violin concerto based on Jewish songs from around the world.

At almost age 150, the OSNY makes another splendid return to one of the great classics of the oratorio genre.

What we hear on this recording is a virtuoso who makes it all sound easy, who draws deeply felt emotion and faery-dust thrills from her instrument with a feeling of effortlessness.

Written only nine years apart, these two concerti express very different aspects of Romanticism, and Widmann, who in 2013 was named Artist of the Year at the International Classical Music Awards, brings a powerful enthusiasm to them that's evident throughout.

Interview with Steven Hancoff, author of "The Six Suites for Cello Solo" :"It is the mission, or the responsibility of each human being to give back, with interest, as it were, to whatever force it is that gave you life."