Piccolo Spoleto Spotlight Concert Series

A Mendelssohn Family Music Salon

Get to know the music of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn with Chamber Music Charleston’s “A Mendelssohn Family Music Salon.” The program will explore the music of the wildly talented 19th-century siblings. The program includes a selection of chamber songs by both Fanny and Felix followed by movements from Fanny Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor and Felix Mendelssohn’s complete Piano Trio in D minor. Chamber Music Charleston violinist Frances Hsieh, cellist Timothy O’Mally, pianist Irina Pevzner, and soprano Suzanne Flemming Atwood perform the works.

A National Chamber Music Month Activity

Program:

Fanny Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11 (movements 3 and 4)
Mendelssohn: 4 songs from “12 Gesänge – Op.8” for Piano and Voice
Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (complete)

Performers:

Frances Hsieh, violin
Timothy O’Malley, cello
Irina Pevzner, piano
Suzanne Fleming Atwood, soprano