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German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent
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2024-03-16 00:16:00
Simone Lamsma
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)Sonata in F major, MWV Q26Leos Janácek (1854-1928)Sonata for violin and pianoRobert Schumann (1810-1856)Sonata No. 2 in d minor, Opus 121Simone Lamsma - violinRobert Kulek - pianoRecorded March and April 2015Label: Challenge Classics CC72677Download 1fichier pixel workupload (16-44) 339 MBDownload 1fichier pixel (SACD-iso) 3,98 GB
2024-03-15 10:40:00
KammermusiksaalMendelssohn: Psalm 115, ‘Nicht unserm Namen, Herr’, MWV A 9 Fanny Hensel: Hiob Mendelssohn: Ave Maria, op.23 no.2, MWV B 19 Mendelssohn: Hör mein Bitten, MWV B 49 Bach: Cantata, ‘Die Elenden sollen essen’, BWV 75: Sinfonia to the second part Mendelssohn: Psalm 114, ‘Da Israel aus Ägypten zog,’ op.51 Anna Prohaska (soprano)Benjamin Bruns (tenor)Ludwig Mittelhammer (bass)RIAS Chamber ChoirKammerakademie PotsdamJustin Doyle (conductor) A delightful and enlightening concert from the RIAS Chamber Choir, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Justin Doyle, and an excellent trio of vocal soloists: focusing on Mendelssohn, but also including a cantata by his sister Fanny Hensel and a sinfonia by the family’s musical house god, Johann Sebastian Bach. Mendelssohn’s setting of verses from the 115th Psalm was the first of five such large-scale settings he made for soloists, chorus, and orchestra between 1829 and 1844. It revealed almost equally strong influence from Bach and Handel, the latter in particular occasionally […]
2024-03-03 12:13:00
BPO/Thielemann - Bruckner, 29 February 2024
Philharmonie Symphony no.00 in F minor, ‘Study Symphony’ Symphony no.0 in D minor Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraChristian Thielemann (conductor)Images: Frederike van der Straeten Bruckner years seem to come around considerably more frequently than most others. Presumably they do not; indeed they cannot. The sense probably reflects instead the eagerness of orchestras, conductors, and orchestral managements to make the most of any such anniversary. This concert had the merit of performing two works we have less opportunity to hear, what have come to be eccentrically numbered as 00 and 0, in performances from Christian Thielemann, conducting from memory, and the Berlin Philharmonic. I was grateful for the opportunity, though I cannot say they are symphonies to which I shall return in a hurry, not when there is so much neglected Haydn and even Mozart. The 1863 ’Study’ Symphony in F minor has had ‘00’ attached on account of its preceding the work […]
2024-03-01 17:03:19
NACO, OSQ and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Impress In Joint Concert
The National Arts Centre Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir deliver an evening of music making of the highest order.
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