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BOSTON CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA
Boston Classical Orchestra delivers outstanding performances of classical repertoire and provides an intimate audience experience, inspiring and entertaining Boston concertgoers and the community at large in our historic Faneuil Hall setting.
The Boston Classical Orchestra, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 tax-exempt, non-profit registered organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue...
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Event Name: Irina Muresanu plays Mendelssohn
Article: At Faneuil Hall, music by the siblings Mendelssohn
The Boston Globe - Apr 24, 2012
By Jeremy EichlerUnder Steven Lipsitt’s direction, Boston Classical Orchestra performed Fanny Mendelssohn’s sole orchestral work — an Overture in C major — at Faneuil Hall on Saturday night as part of a program of music by the siblings Mendelssohn. Soloist Irina Mure… Expand
Under Steven Lipsitt’s direction, Boston Classical Orchestra performed Fanny Mendelssohn’s sole orchestral work — an Overture in C major — at Faneuil Hall on Saturday night as part of a program of music by the siblings Mendelssohn. Soloist Irina Muresanu performed Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto receiving a standing ovation. Collapse
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Article: At Faneuil Hall, music by the siblings Mendelssohn
The Boston Globe - Apr 24, 2012
By Music Critic Jeremy EichlerDepending on whom you ask, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-47) may have been as musically gifted as her younger brother Felix. Direct comparisons are not possible because Fanny never pursued a public career in music, a fact often blamed on her brother… Expand
Depending on whom you ask, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-47) may have been as musically gifted as her younger brother Felix. Direct comparisons are not possible because Fanny never pursued a public career in music, a fact often blamed on her brother or her father, who famously wrote to her at age 15: “Music will perhaps become a profession for him [Felix], while for you it will and should always be only an ornament, never the foundation of your being and doing.”
He was of course channeling the norms of the time, which saw no place for a wealthy woman in the vulgar domains of commerce and the professions. For her part, Fanny hardly let that stop her from building a rich life in music that pushed the boundaries of what was possible for women of the era. Specifically, she went on to compose prolifically, and to establish a fantastically successful musical salon in Berlin, where she played piano and conducted, often presenting her own works or those of her brother. Liszt and Gounod are known to have dropped by to listen. After her death, she was hailed in the press as “an artist in the most exalted sense of the word.”
These days Fanny’s songs and chamber works occasionally turn up on programs but her sole orchestral work — an Overture in C major — is spotted far more rarely. It made an excellent choice as a curtain-raiser for the siblings Mendelssohn concert performed on Saturday night by the Boston Classical Orchestra. Written in her mid-20s, the piece, offered in a lively account here, shows deft craftsmanship, fresh ideas, and vital rhythmic energy, even if it gives only a hint of the symphonist she might have become. Collapse
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