Conductor Jun Märkl led the Taiwan Philharmonic and violinist Paul Huang in a festive concert at Lincoln Center.
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Concert Review (NYC): The Knights and Lara St. John with Music of Avner Dorman and Felix Mendelssohn at the Central Park Bandshell
St. John joined The Knights for Avner Dorman's violin concerto based on Jewish songs from around the world.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oratorio Society of New York – Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ (9 May 2022)
At almost age 150, the OSNY makes another splendid return to one of the great classics of the oratorio genre.
Read More »Music Review: Isabelle Faust, Freiburger Barockorchester – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 5, Hebrides
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.
Read More »Music Review: Violinist Carolin Widmann and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Music of Mendelssohn and Schumann
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.
Read More »Interview with Steven Hancoff, Author of ‘Bach, Casals and the Six Suites for Cello Solo’
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."
Read More »Music Review: Pianist Els Biesemans – ‘Winterreise’ (Liszt Transcriptions of Songs by Schubert, Mendelssohn, and Chopin)
The pianist offers exceptional renditions on a restored 180-year-old fortepiano.
Read More »Concert Review: Trio Desto Plays Mendelssohn’s Piano Trios, NYC, 2/27/2013
Three young musicians played together like they'd been collaborating for many years.
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