Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Frank-Michael Erben & Kurt Masur

Discovering Masterpieces – Mendelssohn

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Video Director: Angelika Stiehler - Artist: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Frank-Michael Erben & Kurt Masur - Soloist: Frank-Michael Erben - Producer: EuroArts - Conductor: Kurt Masur - Featured Artist: Frank-Michael Erben, Kurt Masur & Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig - Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig
Gewandhaus, Leipzig | 25 min | 2007 | TV-G

Discovering Masterpieces – Mendelssohn

Watch the series ‘Discovering Masterpieces’, your audio-visual concert guide to the great masterpieces of classical music. The series brings you 20 half-hour documentaries on 20 classical masterpieces: acclaimed experts, famous soloists and outstanding conductors take you on a journey back to the time and place of composition. In today’s documentary, Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Violin Concerto’ is discussed. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) was the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig’s first conductor. Violinist Frank Michael Erben and musicologist Armin Koch reveal how the composer created a musically rich and virtuoso piece that remains a popular favourite with audiences until today.

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