Mendelssohn News

The premiere of Mozart's Mitridate, re di Ponto at the Teatro Regio Ducal in Milan on December 26 1770, must have been a memorable occasion.

Richard Wagner is the classical composer most associated with the Nazis, but it was Johann Sebastian Bach whom the party dubbed "the most German of Germans" and whose music was played at rallies to stir up nationalist zeal.

Brott Music Festival has The Gryphon Trio playing Mendelssohn tonight 8 p.m. at Hamilton's Christ's Church Cathedral ; Pictures at an Exhibition has works by Mussorgsky, Freedman and Respighi, Sat.

Atis Bankas, artistic director of Music Niagara, performs on his violin inside St.

Alden Blatter is an 8-year-old skateboard champion from Seattle with family in Asheville.

Piano preludes might today be rather unfashionable, but they once regularly featured in the output of composers such as Mendelssohn and Liszt.

ASIDE from the fame, adulation and frequent opportunities to print rude things about Duncan Bannatyne, the best thing about this job is being surprised and delighted by programmes you might have avoided.

Five young soloists will perform at the Pasadena Summer Youth Chamber Orchestra's free Young Artist's Concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Church of The Nazarene, 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd.

Caritas Chamber Chorale recently completed its benefit concerts of a cappella sacred song titled 'And Their Sorrows Shall Cease,' performed at three locations in New Jersey.

Throughout June, a group of European classical musicians, accompanied by Palestinians and Israelis, has roused and challenged audiences across Jerusalem in an eclectic festival aimed at bridging the city's divides.

The Lake Forest Symphony's 2009-10 season will debut with an all-Tchaikovsky concert, "From Russia with Love," on Sept.

Zurich, normally considered a staid banking city, will be coming alive over the next few weeks with a festival of music, dance, theatre and art.

By PRESTON JONES DALLAS - Sometimes, beauty is discovered in the most unexpected places.Few would expect to be moved by the works of Verdi, Bizet or Mendelssohn in the same room where Dirk Nowitzki slam-dunks basketballs, but it happened Saturday night at the American Airlines Center.

The Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, which reached its midpoint Saturday, is celebrating the 200th birthday of Felix Mendelssohn.

A prince of a guy: Kentucky singer-songwriter Will Oldham -- known by the stage name Bonnie "Prince" Billy -- will perform with a five-piece band at 8 p.m. Friday in the Riffe Center's Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St.

Mark Kanny can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7877. The immense vision of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No.

The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra will celebrate Mendelssohn's 200th birthday in a special concert on June 11 to open the Bach Festival in Leipzig.

SCARBOROUGH'S Spa Orchestra hit the right notes as the 97th season got under way.

The third annual St. Augustine Music Festival, featuring six free concerts of a variety classical styles, begins June 21 and runs through June 26 at the Cathedral-Basilica of St.

The Rockport Chamber Music Festival opened its new season last night at the Rockport Art Association, probably for the final time.