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Composer of the Week: Felix Mendelssohn

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1809-1847)
David Huckvale explores five facets of Mendelssohn's genius.
1: Mendelssohn at home
"If you feel like singing his praise, please do so moderato - so far I have managed to keep him from being too conceited and bigheaded: those damnable enemies of all artistic progress."
Karl Zeiter , Mendelssohn's teacher.
Song without Words in C, Op 67 No 4 (The Bee's Wedding); Song without
Words in A flat, Op 38 No 6 (Duetto); String Symphony No 3 in E minor, Children's 's Pieces, Op 72; String Octet in E flat, Op 20
Repeated from last Monday

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David Huckvale
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Karl Zeiter
Source: Radio Times

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