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Felix Mendelssohn child prodigy portrait

2. A true prodigy

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy came from a wealthy Hamburg family who mixed with many of Germany’s leading artists and musicians. A frighteningly clever child prodigy, the young Felix excelled as a painter, poet, athlete, linguist and musician.

  1. Image 1: Victoria Albert Mendelssohn
  2. Image 2: Felix Mendelssohn child prodigy portrait
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  6. Image 6: crucifixion Nicolas Tournier Bach St. Matthew Passion
  7. Image 7: Felix Mendelssohn composer
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That moment when a DOG interrupts your live orchestral performance

new releases 19th June

New releases: Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mendelssohn and Mario Venzago conducts Schubert

New releases 20th march

New releases: 'Jubilate: 500 Years Of Cathedral Music' & Andrew Manze conducts Mendelssohn

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New releases 21st Aug

New releases: Isabelle Faust plays Mendelssohn & Antonio Meneses plays Tchaikovsky, Schumann and Saint-Saens

New releases 15th april

New releases: Rami 'My Journey' and Cantus 'Northern Lights'

New releases 13th Feb

New Releases: LSO plays Mendelssohn and the latest album from Riccardo Chailly

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Mendelssohn went to Scotland in 1829. Here's how much he hated the music

Felix Mendelssohn

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