• It's Mendelssohn's birthday! Let's celebrate!

  • Feb 11 2018
  • Length: 38 mins
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It's Mendelssohn's birthday! Let's celebrate!

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  • February is Mendelssohn's birthday month, and it's also the month of Valentine's Day.  Felix wrote the Andante and Rondo Capriccioso for a girl he was smitten with, and his 2nd String Quartet is based on a gorgeous love song, "Ist es wahr?" ('Is it true?')!

    Felix Mendelssohn: Andante and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
    Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

    Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 12
    Pacifica String Quartet: Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello

    Recorded at WGBH's Fraser Performance Studio on November 5, 2013, and October 18, 2007 (string quartet).
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