MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No 1

Hed Yaron Meyerson Violin
Kana Kawashima Violin
Felix Tanner Viola
Philip Higham Cello

Felix Mendelssohn composed his First String Quartet in 1829 at the age of just 20, and set out to demonstrate to the world the drama and operatic intensity he was capable of. One of his violinists steps out of the ensemble almost as an operatic soloist, and the fairy music of his second movement might have come straight from his A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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