THE musical child prodigy? Mozart naturally! Wrong. Because Mendelssohn was really more advanced at the same age. That is what Goethe thought, and many musicologists agree with him. Today in ‘An Early Evening Stroll’, only compositions written by Mendelssohn before the age of sixteen: virtuoso music bubbling over with the joy of living.
Playlist:
- Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in D minor MWV Q 10 Finale
Quartetto Klimt - Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 1 1st part
The Schubert Ensemble of London - Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in C minor Op. 1 3rd part
The Schubert Ensemble of London - Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in F minor Op. 2 2nd part
The Schubert Ensemble of London - Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in B minor Op. 3 1st part
Domus - Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet in B minor Op. 3 3rd part
Domus - Mendelssohn: Capriccio in F-sharp minor Op. 5
Howard Shelley, piano
