At age 16 — please repeat, 16 — Felix Mendelssohn composed one of the most miraculous pieces of chamber music of the last two centuries. His Octet for Strings in E-flat Major is a pedal-to-the-metal ...

URBANA – Two string quartets of different generations will team up on Thursday evening at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts to present the world premiere of an octet by William Bolcom, a ...

The venerable Guarneri String Quartet (it is always called venerable these days) stopped by Samueli Theater on Wednesday night to say goodbye. The group is retiring at the end of the season and is ...

Mendelssohn Octet for Strings The Pacifica Quartet reduced music for eight instruments to music for four in a recent performance at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. We hear them play ...

Symphony for Strings No. 10 Adam Summerhayes, Violin Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Concertante Another snag is the rather aggressive recording, which gives an edge to the string sound; it’s not ...

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