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The sweep and grandeur of Mendelssohn’s Octet forms the heart of this free 45-minute chamber concert celebrating the string octet. Composed when Mendelssohn was only 16, his Octet was already groundbreakingly symphonic in form. From its soaring opening, to the tenderness of its slow movement, before the rip-roaring passion of its finale closes the piece, Mendelssohn innovates, surprises and confidently strides forward into the pages of music history.
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