Mendelssohn Octet
Mendelssohn Octet
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Mendelssohn String Octet in E flat major, Op. 20
Carmine Lauri violin
Tamás András violin
Jon Thorne viola
Mats Lidström cello
Soloists of Morningside Music Bridge, Boston
‘One of the miracles of nineteenth-century music’ is how the music critic Conrad Wilson described Mendelssohn’s Octet for Strings – the vivacious, brilliant and nigh-on perfect work of the 16-year-old composer who had no models to draw on. Soloists of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra join distinguished alumni from the Morningside Music Bridge Festival for this performance of Mendelssohn’s joyous score, following the second of the composer’s piano trios, which finds the composer at his most impassioned and rhapsodic.
*Morningside Music Bridge brings together the finest emerging artists to perform on an international stage and measure themselves against the very best young performers globally.
Young Artists’ Platform
Pre-concert recital 18:30
Busser Cantecor, Op. 77
Bowen Horn Sonata in E flat major, Op. 101
Tommaso Rusconi horn
Alexander McNamee piano
03 Mar 2025
Tickets: £15, £22, £28, £38
(Students from £5)
Duration: 120 min
Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street
(Students from £5)
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