Airs Friday, August 14, at 12 noon
Mendelssohn at 200
When great musicians play together over an extended period of time, they gradually develop a cohesive sound that could have only come about through many years of intensive musical partnership. In this episode, we listen to the music of Felix Mendelssohn performed by the Emerson String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio during the Savannah Music Festival.
As one of the most revered pianists in our time, Yefim Bronfman bucks the stereotype of the Russian soloist as merely a technical wizard of large sound and emphatic personality. Though he has technique to burn, he also has a chameleon-like ability to subsume himself in the music. Mr. Bronfman's approach is about doing what the composer wants, and he seems to extract every bit of music from the work without ever overstating it. In this episode, we listen to the first half of a program produced at the Savannah Music Festival featuring works by Schumann, Beethoven, Prokofiev and Paganini.