Mendelssohn: String Quintet No. 2, Op. 87 - International Chamber Music Festival - Live concert HD

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Het muzikale programma:
Felix Mendelssohn - Strijkkwintet nr. 2 in Bes, op.87
De uitvoerenden:
Boris Brovtsyn, viool
Clara-Jumi Kang, viool
Timothy Ridout, altviool
Ting-Ru Lai, altviool
Jens-Peter Maintz, cello
Opname:
Slotconcert van het Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht op 30 december 2023 in TivoliVredenburg te Utrecht.
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On the musical programme:
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 87
The musicians:
Boris Brovtsyn, violin
Clara-Jumi Kang, violin
Timothy Ridout, viola
Ting-Ru Lai, viola
Jens-Peter Maintz, cello
Recording:
Closing Concert of the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, Saturday the 30th of December 2023, in TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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[@curtcarlson8312]

Has it ever been played better? Not likely. Different maybe, but not better. Brilliant.

[@LucienMarine]

Felix Mendelssohn wrote his first quintet around twenty years earlier, at the age of seventeen. Although the precocious composer was already a master, it is the second quintet that endures in the repertoire as a mature masterpiece. What strikes us is the sophistication of the development section of this first movement, which seems to have no problem transporting us into new realms, both texturally and emotionally. The quintet begins with a huge Allegro vivace sonata, the longest movement of the four. If some passages may allude to Schubert, the extension of the coda in another section of development owes much to the praxis of Beethoven. The maturity in the way Mendelssohn handles his typically light material in the second movement Allegretto scherzando is a great joy. The music is seamless and rhapsodic. Indeed, there is not a single repeat symbol in the entire work: it is continuously thorough composed. The funeral march of the Adagio e lento is remarkable. The Adagio is undoubtedly the center of gravity and the most appreciated movement. Twice, Mendelssohn softens the atmosphere with his characteristic lyricism in a pastoral vein until a solitary violin rising above turgid tremolos sends a new glimmer of hope banishing melancholy. Mendelssohn ends his piece with a sonata hybrid that takes full advantage of the larger strengths of the ensemble, again encroaching on the textures of his string symphonies. The main refrain of the rondo surges forward, trailing shimmering, resonant reverberations that eventually break into disciplined fugal imitations reflecting Mendelssohn's love of Bach. A fragment of contrasting lyrical song surfaces every now and then to soften the ride and preface the final triumphant flowering. *Lucien*

[@siegfried5360]

Thank you this in-depth analysis. I love Mendelssohn, especially his chamber masterpieces.

[@LucienMarine]

@@siegfried5360
O thank you! I adore Mendelssohn. A trait of genius that resembles Mozart for his short life. *LM*

[@siegfried5360]

My favourite performance of this work!

[@curtisgrindahl446]

Boris needs to trim his sideburn... His playing of course, is impeccable. Thank you for all the amazing music you share with us. It really doesn't get better than this. A delight!

[@angelaskala]

What a BEAUTIFUL pweformance!

[@notaire2]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Aufführung dieses romantischen und fein komponierten Streichquintetts im veränderlichen Tempo mit seidigen doch gut phrasierten Tönen beider Violinen, milden Tönen beider Bratschen und tiefem Ton des Violoncellos. Die intime und perfekt entsprechende Miteinanderwirkung zwischen den fünf Virtuosen ist wahrhaft beeindruckend. Einfach wunderbar!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Absolutely wonderful musicians in this amazing music. It is like taking a bath in a warm lake about 1840.

[@LucienMarine]

Weird no notification? This music is fluid like spring water. How I love the writing of Felix Mendelssohn. *LM*

[@jacobkilgore2911]

0:01 - I. Allegro vivace
10:50 - II. Andante scherzando
15:17 - III. Adagio e lento
24:40 - IV. Allegro moto vivace

[@albenamircheva8332]

Strong 🥰

[@celiavariedades8258]

Maravilhoso❤

[@villafloridiana]

Apparently the musical program brought to the festival is full of compositions