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CHAMBER MUSIC II: Orchestral Masterworks by Mozart & Mendelssohn

CHAMBER MUSIC II: Orchestral Masterworks by Mozart & Mendelssohn

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, KV 271 ‘Jeunhomme’
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in D minor for Violin and Strings
Mendelssohn - String Symphony No. 10 in B minor
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante

In this collaborative chamber orchestra program, musicians from the Savannah Philharmonic perform with guest soloists from SMF’s critically acclaimed chamber music series. Featuring rich orchestrations of works by Mozart and Mendelssohn, the centerpiece of this program is Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D minor, which was written when the composer was just 13 years old. Initially resurrected by violinist and former prodigy Yehudi Menuhin (Daniel Hope’s teacher and mentor), the concerto was edited for performance and received its US premiere at Carnegie Hall in 1952. Menuhin described the work as “full of invention... it exhibits remarkable freedom and elasticity of form.” The other Mendelssohn piece on this program, the String Symphony No. 10, was written when he was just 14 years old. Pianist and SMF favorite Sebastian Knauer opens the concert as soloist with the Savannah Philharmonic, performing the piano concerto that musicologist Alfred Einstein dubbed Mozart’s “Eroica” (No. 9 in E-flat Major, KV 271). The concert closes with Philip Dukes conducting Mozart’s most successful work in the cross-over genre between symphony and concerto, featuring violin soloist Benny Kim.

Savannah College of Art and Design