Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter marks Mendelssohn's bicentennial with a new recording of his Violin Concerto, which she'll also perform Saturday and next Sunday with the San Francisco Symphony.

Audiences love Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor for its warmth and frequent pyrotechnics. The concerto also features playful innovations that would have shocked—or delighted—the audience at ...

American violinist Chad Hoopes was born in 1994. His debut CD pairs a work first heard in January of that year, the Violin Concerto by John Adams, with a staple from the middle of the 19th-century, ...

Discover Mendelssohn's lesser-known violin music in the context of his brilliant Violin Concerto in E minor. Drive Featured Album 28 January 2013. Mendelssohn's Violin Concertos are rarely anything ...

I’M tempted to have an open-hearted rave-up about the latest disc (Volume Four) in Chandos’ Mendelssohn in Birmingham series, with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Edward Gardner ...

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto is one of the most frequently performed works in the repertoire, so most violinists might have to consider how to make it fresh for audiences. Violinist Geneva ...

Mendelssohn famously composed the piece for his friend, violin virtuoso Ferdinand David. David had high expectations while Mendelssohn was writing the piece, even suggesting that it would rival the ...

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Stephen Johnson explores Mendelssohn's rarely heard Concerto for violin and piano to examine how the composer was already racing from being a child prodigy to an incipient genius. Show more ...

An exploration of personal and professional impact of the concerto written in 1844. With violinist Daniel Hope. From 2010. Show more Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional appeal.

Ralph Matson takes the solo spotlight in the Violin Concerto in E Minor, by Felix Mendelssohn. He performed it at the Grand Teton Music Festival in June, and so he's joined by the Grand Teton Music ...