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Composer of the Week: Felix Mendelssohn

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2/5. Siblings and Songs. In the 1820s, the Mendelssohn household was a hive of conversational, intellectual and creative activity. Felix and his siblings, Fanny, Rebecka and Paul, shared a happy, magical childhood.
Donald Macleod explores the impact of this closeness on Mendelssohn's compositions.
Felix Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer
Night's Dream Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans Bruggen
Fanny Mendelssohn Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe Sophie Daneman (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Eugene Asti (piano)
Felix Mendelssohn Neue Liebe Barbara Bonney (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Songs without Words (excerpts) Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Ce//o Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58
Steven Isserlis , Melvyn Tan (piano) Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Felix Mendelssohn
Conductor:
Frans Bruggen
Conductor:
Fanny Mendelssohn Wenn
Soprano:
Sophie Daneman
Soprano:
Sarah Connolly
Piano:
Eugene Asti
Soprano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Piano:
Melvyn Tan
Source: Radio Times

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