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Mendelssohn: Concerto in D Minor for Violin and Piano

Duration: 20 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

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

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