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Concert Program II: Being Mendelssohn

Jul 19 2026 | Jul 19 2026

Summary

Music@Menlo 2009 commemorated the extraordinary life and achievements of Felix Mendelssohn on the 200th anniversary of his birth. Drawing inspiration from that landmark season, this all-Mendelssohn program offers a vivid portrait of a composer whose youthful brilliance reshaped chamber music, showing a composer pushing chamber music beyond salon proportions toward something far more dramatic and large-scale.

Program

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)

Violin Sonata in F major (1838) (rev. Menuhin, 1953)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)

String Quintet no. 1 in A major, op. 18 (1826)

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47)

Piano Sextet in D major, op. 110 (1824)

Artists

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Piano

Wu Han
Wu Han

Piano

Chad Hoopes
Chad Hoopes

Violin

Bella Hristova
Bella Hristova

Violin

Areta Zhulla
Areta Zhulla

Violin

Guillermo Figueroa
Guillermo Figueroa

Viola

Paul Neubauer
Paul Neubauer

Viola

Sterling Elliott
Sterling Elliott

Cello

Scott Pingel
Scott Pingel

Bass

Event Details & Booking

Jul 19 20264:00 PM
Venue: Spieker Center
Price: Full Price: $25.00 - $90.00 Under 30: $25.00
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Livestream

Jul 19 20264:00 PM
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