Posts Tagged ‘Mendelssohn’

Classics up close – family concerts

In a one hour program the engaging members of the New Zealand String Quartet introduce a range of musical ideas to a family audience, using audience participation, theatre and lively explanations. These programs are suited to an audience with children in the 4-10 year old age group and are marketed to parents and grandparents. The [...]

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Bach and Mendelssohn – A Divine Obsession!

There was Bach – whose music can inspire the mind with the magnificence of its architecture and touch the heart with the wonder of its melodies.

And there was Mendelssohn – the brilliant young composer, romantic and passionate, whose lifelong obsession with the music of Bach shaped his own career and inspired him to reveal it to the world.

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