We all know that Felix Mendelssohn wrote his famous OCTET at age 16, but are you aware that the score we play today is significantly different from the young composer's original?   

Join us to hear the “real” Mendelssohn Octet!
Thursday, March 29, 2012 -  7:30PM

This free performance is "completely full". Please join us for a free repeat performance of The Real Mendelssohn Octet on:

Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 5:00pm
Music at Kohl Mansion, 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
Free Admission/No Reservation required

 

Featuring the BORROMEO STRING QUARTET and Young Chamber Musicians, Yujin Ariza, Ethan Tsai, Emily Liu, Jeffrey Kwong

The Borromeo String Quartet is the first professional string quartet to use laptop computers in performance.  Instead of reading parts perched on music stands, the Quartet and young musicians will perform reading the composer’s notes, in his own handwriting, from the screens of MacBooks.  The 90-minute Workshop will also include the audience in the experience, as Nicholas Kitchen (BSQ) narrates and illustrates from both the original and published scores, projected onto a screen behind the performers.  The workshop concludes with a performance of the first movement of this monumental work.  Please join us for an exciting experience!