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Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol 4 / Gardner, City Of Birmingham Symphony

Mendelssohn / Pike / Cbso Youth Chorus / Gardne Release Date: 01/29/2016
Label: Chandos Catalog #: 5161
Composer:  Felix Mendelssohn Performer:  Jennifer Pike Conductor:  Edward Gardner Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Number of Discs: 1

For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in E minor, the piece that launched her career thirteen years ago when she became the youngest-ever winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Award. This recording contains another of Mendelssohn's later works: the Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1843), in which he managed to recapture and amplify the unique magic of his early years. years. Read less