Mendelssohn Weekend
The Salon, The Saturday Salon
Louise Fryer explores the legacy of Mendelssohn's chamber music, ranging from his Piano Quartet, Op 1, written while he was still a child prodigy, to his second String Quintet, composed just a couple of years prior to his death. Performers include former Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Royal String Quartet, Israeli violinist Shlomo Mintz and the Henschel Quartet, whose award-winning Mendelssohn recordings have drawn critical praise. Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 1 Domus: Krysia Osotowicz (piano) Timothy Boulton (viola) Richard Lester (cello) Susan Tomes (piano) Mendelssohn: String Quartet No 5 in E Flat, Op 44, No 3 The Henschel Quartet Mendelssohn: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op 4 Shlomo Mintz (violin) Paul Ostrovsky (piano) Mendelssohn: String Quintet No 2 in B flat, Op 87 The Royal String Quartet.