During rehearsals for his string Octet, Mendelsssohn coached the handful of musicians to play as if they were a whole orchestra. You can enjoy this gutsy work during our evening music program ...

Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...

Symphony for Strings No. 10 Adam Summerhayes, Violin Felix Mendelssohn, Composer London Concertante Another snag is the rather aggressive recording, which gives an edge to the string sound; it’s not ...

I remember the first time I heard Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet. I was caught up in a swirl of overlapping melodies jumping around the intensely resonant group of eight string instruments. I think you'll ...

Enescu wasn’t sure that his massive String Octet of 1900 was a chamber work at all. He was happy for it to be performed by larger forces, and when you listen to this recording from the Queen Elisabeth ...

Our first selection tonight is one of the earliest works from Stravinsky’s neoclassical period. The octet features a rare example of Stravinsky’s use of sonata form, a parody of a Mozart concerto, and ...