After half a century on the water, Bargemusic has come ashore. On April 5, the org christened its terrestrial new home, the ...

From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of music. Although he only lived to 38, Mendelssohn left behind a remarkable ...

Harriet Smith compares and recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 ...

The emerging field of the “social neuroscience of music” explores the cocktail of benefits that occur not only when we listen ...

But because she was a woman, she had to fight for her music to be heard. She was born into a musical family – her mother taught her to play the piano and her brother was the composer Felix Mendelssohn ...

Happy National Siblings Day! From current superstar performers the Kanneh-Masons to Romantic-era confidantes Fanny and Felix ...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847 ... as well as his personal library books and music, and diaries, and many of his drawing books. I was thrilled to be able to look through some of ...

Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who, like Rossini and Saint-Saëns, wrote effortless, life-enhancing, optimistic music. 'Felix' is the Latin for 'happy' an auspicious choice for it ...