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Saturday, March 20, 2010

DCD 088 - Mendelssohn Pro Arte

This program we feature selections from Mendelssohn: String Quartets, a release from the Pro Arte Quartet. This CD, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music presents three works for string quartets that come from different stages of Mendelssohn's career.

His String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 was composed when Mendelssohn was just 18. The String Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1 completed when he was in his late twenties. And the final work on the album, the Fugue in E-flat major, Op. 81, No. 4 was written just before Mendelssohn's death in 1847.

In this podcast we play excerpted movements from this exceptional album.


- Ralph

This program we play:


Mendelssohn: String Quartet in D major, Op. 44, No. 1, Mvt. 1
Pro Arte Quartet
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music

Mendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, Mvt. 2
Pro Arte Quartet
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music

Mendelssohn: Fugue in E-flat major, Op. 81, No. 4
Pro Arte Quartet
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music

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