Arts Picks: Classical music, contemporary art and theatre worth your time this weekend

Explore Singapore's vibrant arts scene with classical music from 1825, "Being Human" steel sculptures, and the play "Rewind." ...
Hartford Courant

MENDELSSOHN STRING OCTET FEATURED

It’s not common for 16-year-olds to compose a perfect masterpiece, but Felix Mendelssohn did exactly that with his String Octet of 1825. Saturday evening at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts ...
Seattle Times

Young Eight show the way for budding musicians

That phrase has a nice ring to it for violinist Quinton Morris, founder of the Young Eight string octet featured on tonight’s International Chamber Music Series at Meany Theater. Performances and ...
Los Angeles Times

Mendelssohn: Ah, youth! The sheer pleasure of music that gives us hope

Listen to the opening of Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet, as played by Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and friends on the irresistible recording they made in 1961 at the old Elvis-haunted RCA studios ...
The Australian

Brodsky and Calder quartets take the Mendelsohn octet challenge

Fortunately the work happens to be a showstopper that never fades, full of vibrant energy, exciting virtuosity and dramatic ­pathos. Written, almost unbelievably, when the composer was only 16, the ...
SF Station

Telegraph Quartet to Premiere New Octet by Osvaldo Golijov with the St. Lawrence String Quartet at San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The Telegraph Quartet will join forces with the St. Lawrence String Quartet to give the world premiere of a new octet, Ever Yours by Osvaldo Golijov. Ever Yours is a co-commission by the San Francisco ...
BroadwayWorld

Telegraph and St. Lawrence String Quartets Premiere New Octet EVER YOURS By Osvaldo Golijov at San Francisco Conservatory Of Music

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Originally scheduled for Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 3pm, the performance ...