The Berlin Philharmonic’s Digital Concert Hall is presenting a royal command performance of the Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons and violinist Janine Jansen for free as part of Queen Beatrix’s visit to Berlin. You can get complete details and watch the taped broadcast in high-definition for free by following this link. The concert features
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If you’re looking for a way to keep cool and hear some great music this evening, head on down to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to see the Oregon Bach Festival presenting Mendelssohn’s Elijah tonight at 7:30 p.m. Highlights? The phenomenal OBF chorus, and two exceptional singers: baritone Thomas Quasthoff, and alto Roxanna Constantinescu. And,
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Jun Iwasaki Photo: Absolute Images If you’re interested in hearing the performance of Mendelssohn’s great Octet for strings from Chamber Music Northwest last week, you can now hear the performance available online for streaming over the internet at InstantEncore.com. The performance features Oregon Symphony concertmaster Jun Iwasaki along with an all-star cast of CMNW regulars.Â
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For those of you who come early to quartet concerts (why an hour early, people?) and end up watching the ensemble doing some last minute touch ups but not really knowing what’s going on, I posted a 4 minute recording of our pre-concert soundcheck/rehearsal for the opening of Mendelssohn’s A minor Quartet at the Salem
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I added an audio example to the Mendelssohn A minor Quartet op. 13 post of a few days ago, as well as a sheet music page of the op. 9 song upon which the op. 13 introduction is based. Good stuff! Mendelssohn and Schumann: String Quartets
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I got back a couple hours ago from working on the great op. 13 quartet of the young Felix Mendelssohn, and it never fails to amaze me how great a composer he is without often falling into the Germanic need for angst and suffering in his art. One of my favorite parts of the quartet
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I’ve got so much to do this week that it’s likely that the posts will be spotty during this time, so stay tuned… Also, this being the bicentenary of Mendelssohn’s birth, I’m going to do a bit of show and tell about two of his teen-year masterpieces: the String Quartet in A minor, op. 13
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Last night was the benefit concert at the Community Music Center for the Naomi Blumberg Fund for Chamber Music Education at the Community Music Center. Â The first half was a wonderful performance of the Mendelssohn Trio for violin, cello and piano in c minor, Op. 66. Â It was given a wonderfully polished and emotional
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An exciting concert will be presented this evening to endow the Naomi Blumberg Endowment Fund for Chamber Music Education at the Community Music Center. The concert features OSO concertmaster Jun Iwasaki, OSO musicians, and CMC students and alumni in a full evening of chamber music. The concert will feature the Mendelssohn Trio in c minor,
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Last night we performed the first of our three concerts of Classical 8 – whose program is: James MacMillan – The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (Oregon premiere) Felix Mendelssohn – Complete Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream It wouldn’t have occurred to me without hearing Carlos mention it in his remarks before the performance,
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