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Felix Mendelssohn: Ages
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Mendelssohn played the organ and composed for it from the age of 11 to his death. His primary organ works are the Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 37 (1837), and the Six Sonatas, Op. 65 (1845).
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Presto: The second ‘cello lights the touchpaper - a chamber musician himself, Mendelssohn appreciated the importance of giving every player a share of the limelight. The movement is a brilliant fugal perpetuum mobile, which, once all eight players have made their entries, spins along with unstoppable energy. Mendelssohn uses every technical trick in the book; themes are inverted, superimposed and worked together in counterpoint, all without any audible effort; at one point the theme of the scherzo flies by again. The energy and excitement is unflagging as the Octet speeds to its close.
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At the age of twelve, Felix met the famous poet Goethe. Despite the age difference, a deep friendship between the two ensued and Mendelssohn later dedicated his Quartet in B Minor to the poet.
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Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat major, Op. 20; Bruch: Octet in B flat major. Kodaly Quartet, Auer Quartet. Felix Mendelssohn was a child prodigy, producing his famous Octet at the age of sixteen.
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