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Composer of the Week: Mendelssohn

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3: The Adult Mendelssohn
By the end of the 19th century
Mendelssohn's songs and piano music had virtually disappeared from concert programmes, relegated to the drawing rooms of competent amateurs. Only a handful of large-scale public works was still widely performed.
Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor
Stephen Hough , CBSO, conductor Lawrence Foster Chorus: KommtmitZackenundmit
Gabeln (Die Erste Walpurgisnacht) Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Source: Radio Times

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