Felix Mendelssohn was still alive when the New York Philharmonic was founded in 1842. “He most certainly influenced our orchestra from its inception,” Philharmonic archivist Barbara Haws told the ...

Both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn were precocious children who revealed their musical talent early on. Their family fostered their skills; both received piano and counterpoint instruction. Felix was ...

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Felix Mendelssohn, the famed, wildly prolific 19th-century composer. But what about Fanny? This weekend, forgotten music written by Felix’s older sister Fanny ...

Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...

Celebrate the sunniest of seasons with the German prodigy's timeless Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meet Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Of The Original Song Of The Summer It's now officially ...

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On Sunday, the Parker Quartet performs Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet (Op. 12) in Harvard University’s Paine Hall. Composed in 1829, the quartet has acquired a bit of romantic lore: Mendelssohn ...

Isata Kanneh-Mason's fourth solo album celebrates the music of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. Fresh from her role in the critically acclaimed film Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn and her performance in the ...

Why do we still feel the need to defend Felix Mendelssohn even in this, the bicentennial year of his birth? In his all too brief lifetime, he was deeply appreciated as the musician most admired by ...

In our seemingly endless effort to categorize, quantify and qualify nearly everything, the question is often raised: "Who was the world's greatest classical music prodigy?" Mozart, Mendelssohn, ...

Donald Macleod examines the major influences upon the life of Mendelssohn. He begins by exploring Mendelssohn's formative years, leading up to an unprecedented chamber masterpiece - the Octet in E ...