Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn wrote the incidental music, for Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in 1842, 16 years after he wrote the Overture. It was written to a commission from King Frederick William IV of Pr...

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for the play 'Athalia' in the years 1843-1845. The story is based on the play 'Athalie' by the French playwright Jean Racine. From this incidental music, the...

Mendelssohn composed the incidental music for the play 'Athalia' in the years 1843-1845. The story is based on the play 'Athalie' by the French playwright Jean Racine. From this incidental music, the...

About Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Elias' The Times said: 'Never was there a more complete triumph - never a more thorough and speedy recognition of a great work of art.' The libretto of Elijah is most ski...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

Felix Mendelssohn was a skilled organist, and during his visits to Britain he gave a number of well-received organ recitals. It cannot be said that Mendelssohn was the most innovative composer of his...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

Here is a fresh and welcome arrangement of a classic Christmas carol that is the perfect choice for directors looking for something different and extremely compelling. Beginning with a lyrical approac...

At the tender age of 15, Mendelssohn crafted one of the earliest works for wind ensemble (an 11-wind bathhouse ensemble on the German seacoast). This modern resetting makes this historically significa...

This is a programmatic masterpiece! You can almost hear the breaking waves and imagine the vastness of the cave Mendelssohn encountered on his tour of the Hebrides Islands of Scotland. With numerous t...

The works in the Arthur Harris Christmas Series were originally written for orchestra, with several offering the option to add chorus. These transcriptions for band, both by William Silvester or Arthu...

Written for eleven winds when Mendelssohn was fifteen years old, it has been set for contemporary wind band (the saxophone parts are optional, staying with a desire for historical accuracy to the exte...

Written for eleven winds when Mendelssohn was fifteen years old, it has been set for contemporary wind band (the saxophone parts are optional, staying with a desire for historical accuracy to the exte...

This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Concert Pieces Nos. 1 and 2 were written as a result of his meeting and friendship with the clarinettists Heinrich Joseph Baermann and his son Carl. The young composer ha...