In observance of the 200th anniversary of the birth of noted composer Felix Mendelssohn, Rochester Institute of Technology is presenting a performance of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, “Hymn of Praise.

If one has even a tiny space in the heart for pity, it may well be reserved for the changing fortunes of composer Felix Mendelssohn, especially after his death. The darling of the German and English ...

It’s fitting that a man as industrious as German composer Felix Mendelssohn would write not one, but two pieces of music celebrating the anniversary of the printing press. The invention of modern book ...

The event will feature Jahja Ling (conductor), Wu Man (pipa), Janice Chandler-Eteme (soprano), Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano), Colin Balzer (tenor), and the San Diego Master Chorale. The program will ...

Once a firm favourite with English choral societies, Mendelssohn's Lobgesang ("Hymn of Praise") has now rather fallen out of fashion, but this concert by the City of London Sinfonia under Richard ...

Written to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the Gutenberg printing press, Mendelssohn’s "Lobegesang" is a healthy nod to Beethoven’s monumental Ninth Symphony. Mendelssohn used the ...

It doesn’t – or shouldn’t – take bicentenary celebrations to remind us that, when he was on form, Mendelssohn was a very good composer. The Violin Concerto, the Midsummer Night’s Dream music, the ...

Neeme Jarvi had to have been annoyed on Sunday afternoon. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's music director -- who, when he isn't leading the NJSO, conducts top orchestras in Europe's greatest ...