Fireflies, fairies and star-crossed lovers live deep in the enchanted woods in Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” Its ...

It was my good fortune to spend a week in the company of a 200-year-old oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, performed in Portland by the Oregon Repertory Singers and the Oregon ...

Felix Mendelssohn's The Hebrides was inspired by the composer's 1829 trip to the British Isles. His overture has now inspired collaboration between a Cambridge economist and a composer ...

According to the print program, the first piece played was meant to be “Overture” by Fanny Mendelssohn, the talented sister of Felix Mendelssohn whose work went largely unnoticed in her own time.

I remember the first time I heard Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet. I was caught up in a swirl of overlapping melodies jumping around the intensely resonant group of eight string instruments.

In 1829 Felix Mendelssohn visited the Hebrides, a group of islands off the coast of Scotland. This trip inspired him to write his famous “Hebrides Overture”. Now, two Cambridge academics have ...

Mercury Studios, the production company behind recent Abbey Road Studios doc “If These Walls Could Sing,” have unveiled their new feature, about composer Felix Mendelssohn’s genius sister Fanny.

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were born with golden spoons in their mouths, children of an arts-loving banking family in Berlin. Felix (1809-1847) was one of the greatest child prodigies of his time.

I like to take stock of my dreams. They don’t come often, but when they do, I become aware Felix Mendelssohn and I have something in common. We both have midsummer night dreams. While his dreams ...

At Buckingham Palace in 1842, the German composer Felix Mendelssohn found himself confessing to piracy. Queen Victoria, a great admirer of his music, announced her intention to sing her favorite ...